An accident report has blamed a fire on a French cruiseship on human error.

French investigators say an unqualified officer on Ponant's 10,900-gt Le Boreal (built 2010) tried to change a clogged fuel filter while the ship was off the Falkland islands last November.

But he tackled the wrong filter, which was not blocked and sprayed fuel oil on to a hot engine, USA Today reported.

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