Sky Princess accidents and incidents

October 2024Coast Guard Medevacs

(CruiseMapper-emailed report from William White/received October 18th)

09 October 2024 Sky Princess Coast Guard Medevac

On the afternoon of October 9, 2024, the cruise ship changed course for a passenger medevac. A Canadian Coastguard helicopter met the liner off Newfoundland for the emergency evacuation of a passenger. More details on the medevac were not revealed.

The incident occurred on the 25th day of the 31-day cruise from Southampton to the New England coast and Canada.

The 31-day "Canada and New England Cruise" (itinerary September 15-October 16, roundtrip from Southampton, England) visited ports in Canada (Corner Brook NL/Sep 21), Saguenay/Sep 23, Quebec City/Sep 24, Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island/Sep 28, Sydney NS/Sep 29, Halifax NS/Sep 30), the USA (NYC/Oct 2, Newport RI/Oct 4, Boston MA/Oct 5), Saint John NB (Oct 7) and following the Transatlantic crossing to Europe - France (Brest/Oct 14, and Cherbourg/Oct 15).

20 August 2024Coast Guard Medevacs

(CruiseMapper-emailed report from Julia Skyze/received Aug 21st)

In the evening of 20th August, a passenger was medevaced to a hospital in Cartagena, Spain. Whilst docked in the Juan Sebastian Elcano terminal, the Sky Princess had to medevac a passenger to a hospital, delaying the departure time by ~30 minutes. The passenger's name, cause of medical evacuation and hospital have not yet been revealed, nor the state of the passenger. This was on the final destination of the “24-day Mediterranean Adventure”.

The incident occurred during the 14-day "Mediterranean Adventurer Cruise" (itinerary August 10-24, roundtrip from Southampton, England UK) visiting Valencia (Aug 14), Barcelona (Aug 15), La Seyne-sur-Mer/Toulon (Aug 16), Livorno (Aug 17), Civitavecchia-Rome (Aug 18), and Cartagena (Aug 20/unscheduled stop, instead of Alghero, Sardinia).

24 February 2023Structural and Technical Issues

(CruiseMapper emailed report from Leo Sterk)

Inboard Sky Princess now disembarking tomorrow. Woke up this morning (Feb 24) to announcements that there was flooding in the atrium on decks 5 and 6 due to a water leak from the aft pool.

As of the early afternoon, Piazza was back in business but many carpeted areas are roped off including the casino. Access to forward public spaces possible only by using forward elevators.

The accident occurred while the ship was at sea and during the 7-day "Eastern Caribbean with Bahamas Cruise" (itinerary February 18-25, roundtrip from Port Everglades/Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA) visiting Eleuthera Bahamas (Princess Cays), St Thomas USVI (Charlotte Amalie), and St Maarten (Philipsburg).

June 2022Cruise Illness / Virus Outbreaks

(Coronavirus) On June 25, 2022, after returning to homeport Southampton (England UK), Sky Princess passengers reported 200+ COVID-positive cases based on the quarantined on the ship during the voyage.

A Princess Cruises spokesperson declined to confirm the exact number but commented that the cases were identified during the mandatory onboard testing (required by the ship's health protocols). All infected were isolated in their cabins according to the virus reporting and response procedures to safeguard all other guests and crew as well as the visited during the voyage communities. 

The outbreak occurred during the 14-day "Land of the Midnight Sun" (itinerary June 11-25, roundtrip from Southampton) visiting Norway's ports Haugesund, Skjolden, Olden, Trondheim, Honningsvag, Tromso, Leknes-Gravdal, Alesund, and Bergen.

27 September 2021Coast Guard Medevacs

On the night of September 27, 2021, the cruise ship changed course for a passenger medevac. A lifeboat dispatched from RNLI's Torbay Station met the liner off Brixham (Torbay-Devon England) for the emergency evacuation of a male passenger. From Torquay Harbour the man was ambulanced to the Torbay Hospital.

More details on the medevac were not revealed.

The incident occurred on the final night of a 6-night "Seacation" (cruise for British nationals only) roundtrip from Southampton and visiting Isle of Portland (England/Sept 22), Greenock-Glasgow (Scotland/Sept 25) and Belfast (Northern Ireland/Sept 26).