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2 Killed as Freak Wave Hits Cruise Ship

March 3, 2010 - Two passengers were killed and others injured when three waves estimated at 30' high smashed into the forward facing windows of a deck-level restaurant lounge on the 680' Louis Majesty. The two passengers were killed by shards of glass from broken windows. The ship was in the Mediterranean outside of the French port of Marseille on its way from Barcelona, Spain to Genoa, Italy.  1,350 passengers and 580 crew members on board at the time of the incident. Here's more from CBSNews.

 

 

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