Cunard liner under tow

LONDON - The cruise owners Cunard, whose business suffered badly with the QE2's 1994 "voyage from hell", have again run into …

LONDON - The cruise owners Cunard, whose business suffered badly with the QE2's 1994 "voyage from hell", have again run into trouble, this time with a liner cruising the South China Seas.

After fire broke out on Monday in the generator area of the luxury cruise ship Sagafjord, nearly 500 passengers have had their paradise holiday disrupted. Yesterday tugs were continuing to tow the stricken liner to the Philippines.

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