{"id":63025,"date":"2026-11-13T21:02:06","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T21:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/over-100-people-aboard-cruise-ship-hit-by-tanker-in-new-orleans-injuries-unknown-rescue-continues-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T21:02:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T21:02:06","slug":"over-100-people-aboard-cruise-ship-hit-by-tanker-in-new-orleans-injuries-unknown-rescue-continues-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/over-100-people-aboard-cruise-ship-hit-by-tanker-in-new-orleans-injuries-unknown-rescue-continues-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 100 people aboard cruise ship hit by tanker in New Orleans; injuries unknown, rescue continues, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"picture verticle\"><picture><!--[if IE 9]><video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source media=\"(min-width: 1600px)\" sizes=\"960px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/b32w3v\/article71699609.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/New_Orleans_Cruise_Ship_36815.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1599px)\" sizes=\"640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/b32w3v\/article71699609.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_1200\/New_Orleans_Cruise_Ship_36815.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 321px) and (max-width: 767px)\" sizes=\"400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/b32w3v\/article71699609.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_660\/New_Orleans_Cruise_Ship_36815.jpg\"\/><source media=\"(max-width: 320px)\" sizes=\"320px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th-i.thgim.com\/public\/incoming\/b32w3v\/article71699609.ece\/alternates\/LANDSCAPE_320\/New_Orleans_Cruise_Ship_36815.jpg\"\/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/theme\/images\/th-online\/1x1_spacer.png\" alt=\"Emergency personnel and crews are on the scene after a tanker crashed into a river cruise in New Orleans, on November 13, 2026.\" title=\"Emergency personnel and crews are on the scene after a tanker crashed into a river cruise in New Orleans, on November 13, 2026.\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/theme\/images\/th-online\/1x1_spacer.png\" class=\"lead-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<p class=\"caption\">\n                    Emergency personnel and crews are on the scene after a tanker crashed into a river cruise in New Orleans, on November 13, 2026.<br \/>\n                                          | Photo Credit: The Advocate via AP\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content-body-71699607\">\n<div class=\"schemaDiv\" id=\"schemaDiv\">\n<p>A tanker ship collided with a river cruise boat docked near the port of New Orleans on Friday (November 13, 2026) with approximately 130 passengers onboard, leaving the pleasure vessel partially submerged, local media reported.<\/p>\n<p>A rescue operation was underway, <i>CBS<\/i> affiliate <i>WAFB<\/i> reported, citing port authorities. The network showed images of the cruise boat, the American Heritage operated by American Cruise Lines, listing and partially underwater.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers could be seen on the boat\u2019s deck as it tipped over, in the <i>WAFB<\/i> footage.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear why the tanker, the Atlantic Asphalt, collided with the river cruiser.<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Stephanie C. Norwood with New Orleans Emergency Medical Services said all agencies are responding for rescue efforts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"update-publish-time article-published-time-end\">\n<p class=\"publish-time-new\"> Published <span>&#8211; November 14, 2026 02:23 am IST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/new-orleans-usa-tanker-ship-river-cruise-crash-updates\/article71699607.ece\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emergency personnel and crews are on the scene after a tanker crashed into a river cruise in New Orleans, on November 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: The Advocate via AP A tanker ship collided with a river cruise boat docked near the port of New Orleans on Friday (November 13, 2026) with approximately 130 passengers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waqtdiawaz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}