LA PALMA, Canary Islands (AP) — A lifeboat being used on a safety drill aboard a cruise ship in Spain's Canary Islands fell about 65 feet into a port on Sunday when a cable snapped, trapping crew members beneath it and killing five of them, officials said.
None of the hundreds of passengers aboard the British-operated vessel were involved in the accident, which also injured three crew members, said the Canary Islands port authority.
Divers raced to the lifeboat, which had hit the water upside down, recovering four bodies and trying without success to revive a fifth crewman who had stopped breathing, the authority said.
Thomson Cruises confirmed the accident and the casualties aboard its Thomson Majesty ship on the island of La Palma, saying the three injured crewmen were not badly hurt.
拉帕尔玛，加那利群岛（美联社）——周日，一艘在西班牙加那利群岛的游轮上的安全演习上使用的救生艇在一个港口的65英尺处坠落，一根电缆断了，把船员困在地下，杀死了其中的5人，官员说。
在这艘英国船只上的数百名乘客中，没有一人参与了这起事故，该事故还造成3名机组人员受伤，加纳利群岛港务局表示。
该机构称，潜水员冲到救生艇上，这艘救生艇撞到了水面上，打捞出四具尸体，并试图营救一名已经停止呼吸的第五名船员，但没有成功。
汤姆森游轮公司证实了这一事故，以及在拉帕尔玛岛的英国皇家军舰上的人员伤亡，称这三名受伤的船员并没有受到严重的伤害。
