Nearly 1,200 passengers were sent home early last week after their
cruiseship struck an underwater object off Mexico's Caribbean coast.
Seattle-based Holland America Line's Noordam (built 1984) motored on its
own power to the island of Cozumel for inspection, after which it will
sail to Pascagoula, Mississippi, for a dry dock inspection, the company
said.
The accident happened on Thursday, five days into a seven-day cruise, at
Playa del Carmen, about 40 miles (60 km) south of the famous Cancun
resort.
