MORE DEVELOPING NEWS
NOW --
THIS TIME OUT OF
NEWPORT --
WHERE THIS AFTERNOON,
THE TALL SHIP "OLIVER
HAZARD PERRY" WAS
TOWED BACK TO FORT
ADAMS --
AFTER LOSING POWER
LAST NIGHT ---
AND DRIFING INTO OTHER
BOATS IN NEWPORT
HARBOR.
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AND TONIGHT -- WE'RE
LEARNING MORE ABOUT
WHAT WENT WRONG.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KIM KALUNIAN
JOINS US LIVE FROM
NEWPORT NOW, WITH THE
EAST BAY MOBILE
NEWSROOM.
(KK)
MIKE, CAROLINE
(DESCRIBE LIVE
PICTURES) NOW THIS SHIP
MAY LOOK OLD, BUT IT'S
ACTUALLY BRAND NEW --
AND WHILE THE WEATHER
CONDITIONS WERE GUSTY
AND CHOPPY LAST NIGHT,
THE FOLKS WHO RUN THE
SHIP'S NON-PROFIT
GROUP SAY IT'S BUILT TO
SET SAIL IN ALL KINDS OF
WEATHER.
NATS
DRAMATIC EYEWITNESS VIDEO
CAPTURES THE MOMENTS THE
OLIVER HAZARD PERRY TALL
SHIP LOSES ENGINE POWER
AND DRIFTS INTO SEVERAL
SURROUNDING BOATS IN
NEWPORT HARBOR
THESE IMAGES SHOW THE
BOAT LEANING AGAINST A
SMALLER VESSEL, IT'S HULL
DENTED AND SWIM PLATFORM
CRACKED. IT ALL HAPPENED
AROUND 6:15 SUNDAY NIGHT
You hear a call for help on the
water
and everybody wants to help
HARBORMASTER TIM MILLS
SAYS THE BOAT WAS
ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE THE
SEAFOOD FESTIVAL AT
BOWEN'S WHARF TO RETURN
TO FORT ADAMS WHEN THE
SHIP LOST ENGINE POWER
A dock line got wrapped in the
propeller after they left the
dock
THE WIND AND CHOPPY WATER
PUSHING THE SHIP OFF
COURSE
It was gusty probably 25 knots
of
wind a little bit of a sea state
int he
harbor maybe one foot two foot
chop so it wasn't pleasant in a
small
boat and pretty breezy
THE BOAT KNOCKED INTO
SMALLER VESSELS BUT NO ONE
WAS HURT CREWS WERE
FINALLY ABLE TO BRING IT TO A
STOP BY CASTING OUT
MULTIPLE LINES AND DROPPING
THEIR ANCHOR.
ON MONDAY IT STILL STOOD
WHERE IT CAME TO REST A
TUG ARRIVING LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON TO HAUL IT AWAY.
JESSICA WURZBACHER OF THE
OLIVER HAZARD PERRY NON-
PROFIT SAYS THE SHIP WASN'T
SERIOUSLY DAMAGED
It's just a blip but we'll be
back on
track soon
(KK) AND THE COAST
GUARD WILL DO A FULL
INVESTIGATION AND
INSPECTION NOW
COMING UP NEW AT 6 TWO
CRUISE SHIPS WERE
SUPPOSED TO LET OFF
PASSENGERS HERE IN
NEWPORT TODAY UNABLE
TO DO THAT DUE TO THIS
SHIP BEING HERE...WE'LL
TELL YOU MORE ABOUT
THAT AND THE ECONOMIC
IMPACTS TOURISM
OFFICIALS SAY THAT HAS.
KK EWN.
(CG)
THE EAST BAY MOBILE
NEWSROOM MOVING TO
NEWPORT NOW ---
TONIGHT, THE TALL SHIP
"OLIVER HAZARD PERRY"
IS BACK AT FORT ADAMS ---
FOLLOWING A MISHAP
THAT LEFT IT AGROUND IN
NEWPORT HARBOR LAST
NIGHT.
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NEW AT SIX --- WE'VE
LEARNED THE INCIDENT
MAY HAVE COST THE CITY
THOUSANDS OF TOURIST
DOLLARS.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KIM KALUNIAN
EXPLAINS.
MIKE, CAROLINE -- (DESCRIBE
SCENE) THE BOAT PROVING A
ROAD BLOCK FOR TOURISTS
WHO WANTED TO COME VISIT
BY SEA.
A SHORT JOURNEY OF A FEW
HUNDRED FEET TURNED INTO A
HARROWING NIGHT ON
NEWPORT HARBOR THE OLIVER
HAZARD PERRY TALL SHIP
LOSING ENGINE POWER AND
DRIFTING INTO SEVERAL
SMALLER VESSELS BEFORE IT
WAS STOPPED.
It's a great vessel to have in
Newport, just an unfortunate
accident.
A DOCK LINE IN THE
PROPELLER BLAMED FOR THE
INCIDENT... NO ONE WAS HURT
AND DAMAGE TO THE FOUR
SMALLER BOATS APPEARS TO
BE MINIMAL.
MEANWHILE OFF THE SHORE OF
NEWPORT CRUISE SHIP
PASSENGERS' TRAVEL PLANS
INTERRUPTED.
ROUGHLY 4,000 PEOPLE
UNABLE TO ENTER THE PORT
MONDAY WITH THE OLIVER
HAZARD PERRY BLOCKING
THEIR WAY. EVAN SMITH OF
TOURISM GROUP DISCOVER
NEWPORT SAYS ITS A
SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC LOSS
The average cruise passenger
spends about 100 dollars in port
so
with losing 4,000 passengers we
lost about $400,000 today which
is
unfortunate but these things
happen.
ITS BEEN A ROUGH SEASON
FOR CRUISE SHIPS IN
NEWPORT, SAYS SMITH.
MONDAY'S SHIPS THE FIFTH
AND 6TH THAT HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO SEE THEIR
PASSENGERS DISEMBARK. THE
OTHER SHIPS IMPACTED BY
THIS SUMMER'S BAD WEATHER.
I feel bad for all the merchants
in
town because we're having a
streak
of back luck with the cruise
ships so
I hope that streak comes to an
end
son and we'll get back to
normal.
AND THE COAST GUARD WILL
NOW CONDUCT AND
INSPECTION AND
INVESTIGATION INTO THE
INCIDENT.
THE SHIP'S CREW WILL ALSO
DO SOME SEA TRIALS TO
ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING ON
BOARD IS SHIP SHAPE. KK WN.