Has the Triumph Cruise Ship sunk near Mexico? – Fact Check
Claims that the cruise ship Triumph – part of the Destiny-class of cruise ships – overturned and sank outside of Mexico in November 2018 are spreading online.
The story appears to have originated on the website React365.com which claims 32 people died as a result of the ships sinking. That article reads –
The Carnival cruise ship Triumph ran aground and overturned after striking an underwater rock off the coast of Mexico while coming into port the evening of November 5th 2018 resulting in 32 deaths. There may have been additional people not listed as on board, so the death toll could possibly be higher. The search for bodies was canceled after a small tropical storm came in and resumed the morning of the 6th. Scuba teams are still recovering bodies, stay connected for any new information pertaining to this devastating accident.
The story is fake. In reality, the ship pictured in the image shows the Costa Concordia vessel, that sank in January 2012 in the waters of Italy.
The story above appears to have taken genuine accounts about the 2012 Costa Concordia and falsely applied it to the fake 2018 “sinking” of the Triumph cruise ship.
React365.com is a prank website that allows visitors to create their own fake stories to “prank” their friends. As such, none of the articles presented on the site should be considered accurate.
The Triumph cruise ship has not sunk. The story is fake.
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