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Cruise Ship Capsizes After Tanker Collision in New Orleans

Verified: 34 outlets in 15 countries have reported this story since Nov 13, 8 of them from the United States.

📍 New Orleans, US·🕐 6m ago·34 outlets

All passengers and crew members aboard a river cruise ship that capsized after a tanker collision in New Orleans on Friday were accounted for, with 32 people hospitalized but none critically injured, according to Mayor Helena Moreno. (Source: Bloomberg)

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The story so far · 39 reports · · 15 countries✓ Verified Nov 13, 8:37 PM UTC

8 outlets from the United States, where the story is: Bloomberg, CBS News, Fox News and 5 more · how we count

  1. Nov 13, 8:12 PM UTCFirst report
    Tanker collides with cruise ship on Mississippi River in New Orleanstheguardian.com ↗
  2. Nov 13, 8:19 PM UTC+7 min
    Tanker collides with river cruise ship carrying more than 130 people in New Orleans – latest updatestheguardian.com (again) ↗
  3. Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 13, 8:37 PM UTC · +24 min
  4. Nov 13, 8:49 PM UTC+36 min
    129 people aboard cruise ship struck by tanker in New Orleans, officials sayglobalnews.ca ↗
  5. Nov 14, 12:28 AM UTC+4 h
    Rescue underway after ships collide in New Orleanssmh.com.au (again) ↗
  6. Nov 14, 12:59 AM UTC+5 h· you’re reading this
    Cruise Ship Capsizes After Tanker Collision in New Orleansbloomberg.com (again) ↗
  7. Nov 14, 1:02 AM UTC+5 h
    Tanker sinks river cruise ship in New Orleans collisionsplash247.com ↗
  8. Nov 14, 1:03 AM UTC+5 h
    Tanker, Passenger Vessel Collide in New Orleansmarinelink.com ↗
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[Claude] All three other reports describe the same Friday tanker-cruise ship collision on the Mississippi in New Orleans, with no conflicting facts; Report 3's 129 people aboard is consistent with the accounte

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98%

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