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Figure it's an american crew, right? >> you would think that. but american officers are not being given an opportunity because they are being undercut by foreign flag officers who are simply willing to work for less. american officers simply want a fair wage, a just pension, and benefits. so the best-trained officers in the world, and a lot of the recent problems that have occurred are engine room problems aboard these vessels. they're a result of human error, steering problems, and engine room problems as a result of a world wide shortage of engineers. amo has stepped up to the plate to addre...

"the legend" is having some problems with speed, passengers on "the dream" flew back to the u.s. from st. marten on friday after power outages caused some toilets to overflow and "the elation" had to be towed by a tugboat because of steering problems. hendrix, the springer spaniel is happy to be with his family after an airline cargo mixup sent him to ireland instead of phoenix, arizona. united airlines acted quickly when it realized the mistake, getting the dog back to the u.s. and on the right flight. his owners say she is not putting him on a plane any time soon. maryland is preparing t...

Scheduled flight is supposed to arrive in orlando around 10:00 a.m. and will continue to do so throughout the day tomorrow, saturday, until everyone is home. everyone is anxious to get home. with this latest "legend" casualty, that makes four ships this month alone, the "legend," "dream," "elation" with steering problems and "the triumph" who had to be towed back to port last month. the ceo has issued a statement saying they have comprehensive programs in place to inspect the entire fleet, which contains 23 ships. >> christina, thank you. i wanted to get to the story at the top of the hour. th...

Latest developments for us, live in miami. so many incidents it's hard to keep straight. christina, what's the latest? >> alina, that's right. the "legend" is carnival's latest casualty of their fleet to be experiencing difficulties. in the meantime, there are passengers on the "dream" that have been stranded in st. maarten since wednesday waiting to get off the island and transported back to their homes. we've been told that hourly flights beginning at 9:00 this morning are going to begin to transport those families and then again tomorrow. six more scheduled flights. now that makes four ship...

To orlando today. they're doing so with the cruise line's expense and with the cruise line's, quote, sincere apologies. expected to bring more than 2,000 passengers back home from the carnival cruise ship "dream." a couple fly are going to fly out over the weekend. this incidentally is the "dream." not to be confused with the "elation" that had steering problems last weekend. also not to be confused with the "legend." that ship had problems with propulsion and heading back without a scheduled stop in grand cayman. none of this compares to the nightmare aboard the "triumph." that ship was cripp...