A pipe has burst on board a luxury cruise liner causing water to spurt through ceilings and one of the decks to flood.
The Sun Princess was disembarking from the Brisbane Port and bound for Airlie Beach on Wednesday evening when the disaster struck.
A passenger has described the alarming situation and her desire to get off the ship, Seven News reports.
‘In a few minutes the cabin’s floor is absolutely saturated with about three, maybe two, inches of water,’ Lorraine told 4BC.
‘I wanted to get off but they said “you can’t, we’re already under sail”.’
Footage shared to Facebook from another passenger shows a hallway becoming increasingly inundated with water while streams of liquid pour from the roof.
A burst pipe on Sun Princess bound for Airlie Beach caused water to spurt through ceilings and one of the decks to flood
Footage shared to Facebook shows a hallway becoming increasingly inundated with water while streams of liquid pour from the roof
Passengers can be heard exclaiming ‘Oh my god, it’s getting worse,’ and ‘The power’s going to go out,’ in the background.
The dramatic footage was captioned ‘Wow – haven’t left Port yet in Brisbane on Sun Princess and already Flooding on deck 11.’
The busted pipe is reportedly only affecting deck 11 and all impacted passengers have been shifted to other areas of the ship.
The drama occurred minutes after the ship left the Brisbane Port, prompting one passenger to ask to get off
The water left 10 of its cabins on the locker deck inhabitable.
Despite the drama, the ship is continuing on its journey to Queensland’s Whitsunday Coast.
For one social media user, the incident was one too many, with them commenting: ‘Typical sun princess, just one problem to another,’ on the startling footage.
Another said it would take more than a flooded deck to stop them hopping aboard: ‘It’s amazing how quickly they can fix problems, doesn’t stop me cruising.’
‘In a few minutes the cabin’s floor is absolutely saturated with about three, maybe two, inches of water,’ passenger Lorraine told 4BC
The busted pipe is reportedly only affecting deck 11 and all impacted passengers have been shifted to other areas of the ship