Safety officials issue warning after explosion on Cunard's Queen Mary 2

By Gene Sloan, USA TODAY

British safety officials today are warning cruise lines and other companies that operate ships with large electric motors to check their machinery in the wake of a little-publicized explosion earlier this year on Cunard Line's Queen Mary 2.

. . . the Sept. 23 explosion near one of the Queen Mary 2's main electric switchboard rooms occurred after the failure of a capacitor.

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The explosion caused a blackout on the ship that lasted nearly half an hour. The vessel was on its way to Barcelona at the time.


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