ultimo minuto MSC Fantasia Terror alert destinations around the Mediterranean

Sa 16 Jan 2016 - A Greek newspaper is reporting that the MSC Fantasia has been subjected to a search for explosives today after calling on Haifa.

The MSC cruise ship arrived today in the Bay of Souda near Chania in Crete.

A Greek newspaper in Athens to Vima reports that suspicious passengers or explosives may be on board the ship.

The MSC ship carries 3,393 passengers with a crew of 1,259 people.

The ship was originally headed for the port of of Heraklion.

The Coast Guard and other authorities at the Souda naval base were reportedly notified.

The newspaper says that the MSC Captain advised the authorities that the ship was changing course because of the weather and that a passenger, apparently a German citizen, had died and needed to be autopsied to determine whether the passenger died from cardiac causes as suspected.

However, the newspaper reports that the ship had already changed course for security reasons.

The article said that the recent terrorist attack in Istanbul by ISIS had raised an alert regarding terrorism including attacks on cruise ships sailing in the region.

The next port for the Fantasia will be ROMA Civitavecchia in Italy.

/////////// A German newspaper contains a quote from MSC Cruises saying that bad weather was the reason for the diversion.

The cruise line said rumors of security issues are totally unfounded.


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