Passengers on cruise ship that ran aground off PNG to be flown home after refloat efforts fail

AM Andrew MessengerThe Guardian - World NewsFiled 2025-12-29 · 03:47 GMTLean · Center-LeftRead · 1 min

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The Coral Adventurer, an Australian cruise ship with 124 people aboard, ran aground on a reef off Papua New Guinea on Saturday morning. Refloat efforts have been unsuccessful, and passengers will be flown home early. The ship was already under investigation for an unrelated incident in October, involving the death of a passenger allegedly left behind on an island. This grounding occurred during the vessel's first voyage since that prior incident. The investigation into the earlier death is ongoing.

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The Coral Adventurer was already under investigation for a passenger death in October.

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Passengers are set to be flown home early.

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124 people were on board the Coral Adventurer when it ran aground.

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Coral Adventurer ran aground off Papua New Guinea on Saturday.

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The passenger allegedly died after being left behind on an island.

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Coral Adventurer, being investigated for allegedly leaving behind passenger who died, ran aground with 124 people on board on Saturday Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast An Australian cruise ship remains stuck on a reef off Papua New Guinea despite efforts to free it, with passengers set to be flown home early. The Coral Adventurer, which ran aground on Saturday morning , was already under investigation as a result of an unrelated incident in October, in which a passenger died after being allegedly left behind on an island. It was on its first voyage since the passenger’s death when it ran aground. Continue reading...

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