Uniworld River Empress 'accident'

[Charles-b]

I have heard that Uniworld's River Empress has has an 'accident' of some kind that has required that it be taken out of service for awhile. Can anyone tell me more? What happened?
charles-b

[Guest]

We were on the River Countess the week after the accident. Crew very unwilling to discuss but apparently the Empress was in a lock with another vessel and suffered considerable damage. We were told months would be required to return her to service.

[mb]

The river Empress

suffered major damage after being crushed in a lock at Passau by a large sized barge completely totalled and is undergoing a complete overhaul.
to be ready in 2005 the earliest.


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