Tanker hits docked river cruise ship in New Orleans
Verified: 21 outlets in 12 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 5 of them from the United States.
A tanker ship has collided with a river cruise boat docked in New Orleans with around 130 passengers onboard, leaving the vessel partially submerged.
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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
5 outlets from the United States, where the story is: CBS News, Fox News, FreightWaves and 2 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 13, 10:13 PM UTC+2 hTanker collides with cruise ship on Mississippi River near New Orleansdw.com ↗
- Nov 13, 10:18 PM UTC+2 hNew Orleans rescue operations underway after tanker strikes docked cruise shipthenationalnews.com ↗
- Nov 13, 10:21 PM UTC+2 h· you’re reading thisTanker hits docked river cruise ship in New Orleansrte.ie ↗
- Nov 13, 10:29 PM UTC+2 hTanker slams into docked New Orleans river cruiser carrying 129 passengers, sparking rescuefoxnews.com ↗
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