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| P & O R601 if anyone wants for track our course.

.. . . tracking . . . locked on . . . torpedoes away . . .

Oops! All a misunderstanding. I didn't mean that, really.


Another cruise-from-hell in store for ill-fated Aurora passengers.

Janet.

P&O forced to cancel Aurora voyage
Thursday, 20 Jan 2005 14:02

P&O has confirmed that the ill-fated Aurora is returning to Southampton
after engine trouble caused its Grand Voyage to be cancelled.

The cruise-ship should have set out on its 103-day around the world trip
on January 9 but has been suffering from persistent propulsion problems.

After days of repairs the £200 million liner set out last night for a
series of tests at sea, but it quickly became apparent that these had
failed.

P&O said in a statement: "P&O Cruises can confirm that tests conducted
at sea during the night have shown that the repairs to the propulsion
motor on board Aurora have not been successful enough to allow he to
achieve the required speed to complete the Grand Voyage and the ship is
now returning to Southampton."

It is expected to berth the Mayflower Terminal in Southampton at
midnight tonight.

The company now faces a huge bill as it refunds passengers their full
fare, some of which cost over £40,000, along with compensation of 25 per
cent of the amount paid for their holiday to be used as credit for a
future cruise holiday with P&O.

**The ship has been in the news for the wrong reasons before. It broke
down in the Bay of Biscay on her maiden voyage in 2000 and in October
2003 600 passengers and crew were affected by the norovirus. End of
story

P&O forced to cancel Aurora voyage
Thursday, 20 Jan 2005 14:02

P&O has confirmed that the ill-fated Aurora is returning to Southampton
after engine trouble caused its Grand Voyage to be cancelled.


:-))

That was the bad news the press loved to print, as they say, 'Bad News makes
news'

and since then?

Belgium
Gibralter
Sicily
Greece
Dalamatia
Italy
Majorca
Southampton
The Netherlands
Guernsey
Southampton
Spain
France
Italy
Sardinia
Majorca
Gibraltar
Southampton
The Baltic Capitals
Southampton
Norwegian Fjords
Spitsbergan
Southampton
Ireland
Greenland
Iceland
Norwegian Fjords
Southampton
Gibraltar
Messina
Greece
Today at Dubrovnic
Tomorrow Venice
http://www.pocruises.co.uk/ships/purplefinder/home.htm

Nothing gone wrong and nothing from the press :-))

Don't you just love people who only dig the dirt?

Next please.

:-))))))))))))))

Waiting.

:-))

Mike wrote:
[Do quote properly, Mike. Janet wrote:]
P&O forced to cancel Aurora voyage
Thursday, 20 Jan 2005 14:02
[...]

That was the bad news the press loved to print, as they say, 'Bad
News makes news'

and since then?

Belgium
[...etc,
etc...]http://www.pocruises.co.uk/ships/purplefinder/home.htm

Nothing gone wrong and nothing from the press :-))

Don't you just love people who only dig the dirt?

Next please.

:-))))))))))))))

Waiting.

I know, I know. So let's try these headlines:

NOBODY KILLED -- OFFICIAL.
SHIP REACHES PORT WITHOUT INCIDENT.
60,000,000 BRITONS ENJOY WEEKEND.
NO EARTHQUAKE ANYWHERE THIS WEEK.
FLUFFY BUNNY HAS NORMAL DAY.
25,000 BLOKES CALLED MIKE HAVE NICE CUP OF TEA.

Now grip the reader's attention with 300 words and a picture on each.
Now do it every day for the rest of your career, pausing only to
convince the advertisers it'll sell to their target audience. (OK, I
grant you the last one's a bit of a shock, given that several of them
are journalists.)

Read all abaht it!

Mike (NUJ member).

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from "Mike Lyle" contains these words:

(OK, I
grant you the last one's a bit of a shock, given that several of them
are journalists.)

Read all abaht it!

Oh ah? My great Grandfather was founder of the PA and editor of the
Daily Express - when it was a real newspaper.

--
Rusty
Emus to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co full-stop uk
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

Now grip the reader's attention with 300 words and a picture on each.

My regards for the press in general is that it is 'gutter' journalism and
people on this newsgroup are well aware of who in my opinion goes into the
gutter.

However, we are talking of gutter press postings being added to this
newsgroup.

It would appear we have found another person to join the occupants of the
gutter.

Just for anyone's interest, one hell of a lot of people have re-booked for
the 2006 World Cruise. I know this because I am already talking to some of
them on a newsgroup I subscribe to. There was quite a discussion on Aurora
after her first cruise immediately after all the press and TV coverage and
one of the subscribers contacted the press and asked if they were going to
report on the recent successful Aurora Cruise, "If it went well we are not
interested" Yes the gutter press will only look for the bad news as I said
after Barrowcloth's posting. Perhaps she worked in the press once and has
been indoctrinated in their ways.

Mike