USA: All passengers survive after tanker hits docked river cruise ship in New Orleans
Verified: 51 outlets in 24 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 10 of them from the United States. 32 injured, according to 2 outlets.
A portion of the Mississippi River remains closed after a collision between an oil tanker and a riverboat forced a chaotic river rescue in Louisiana. Story by Caitlin Brown.
How sure are we
Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
From the headlines of its reports in its last 2 days, each with the outlets that report it.
- Injured · 2 figures, newest first
- 322 outlets: akipress.com, wwno.org· latest Nov 14, 5:41 AM UTCTanker collides with cruise ship on Mississippi River, injuring 32 in New Orleans ↗
- more than 301 outlet: newswire.lk· latest Nov 14, 4:29 AM UTCOver 30 injured after tanker collides with docked riverboat in New Orleans ↗
- Rescued · 2 figures, newest first
- 1802 outlets: en.protothema.gr, theadvocate.com· latest Nov 14, 6:13 AM UTCMiracle on the Mississippi”: Cruise ship capsizes after tanker collision in New Orleans, all 180 aboard rescued ↗
- more than 1001 outlet: samoaglobalnews.com· latest Nov 14, 5:55 AM UTCMore Than 100 Rescued After Tanker Collides With Cruise Ship in New Orleans ↗
10 outlets from the United States, where the story is: AOL, Bloomberg, CBS News and 7 more · how we count
- Nov 13, 8:12 PM UTCFirst reportTanker collides with cruise ship on Mississippi River in New Orleanstheguardian.com ↗
- Nov 13, 8:19 PM UTC+7 minTanker collides with river cruise ship carrying more than 130 people in New Orleans – latest updatestheguardian.com (again) ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 13, 8:37 PM UTC · +24 min
- Nov 13, 8:49 PM UTC+36 min129 people aboard cruise ship struck by tanker in New Orleans, officials sayglobalnews.ca ↗
- Nov 14, 6:45 AM UTC+11 hAll passengers rescued after tanker collides in cruise ship in New Orleansnewsbook.com.mt ↗
- Nov 14, 8:53 AM UTC+13 h32 hospitalised after cruise ship capsizes in New Orleansrte.ie (again) ↗
- Nov 14, 12:34 PM UTC+16 hTanker collision sinks cruise ship in New Orleansbdnews24.com ↗
- Nov 14, 1:25 PM UTC+17 h· you’re reading thisUSA: All passengers survive after tanker hits docked river cruise ship in New Orleansfrance24.com ↗
[Claude] All three reports describe the same Friday tanker-riverboat collision on the Mississippi in New Orleans, with no conflicting facts.
5m agoOnly 1 source — pending corroboration
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5m agoAverage source trust: 50%; Source tiers represented: national
5m agoNo authoritative sources yet — awaiting wire/institutional coverage
5m agoUSA: All passengers survive after tanker hits docked river cruise ship in New Orleans A portion of the Mississippi River remains closed after a collision between an oil tanker and a riverboat forced a chaotic river rescue in Louisiana. Story by Caitlin Brown.
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