Published:
Sunday, June 4, 2017
Passengers on board the T&T Express en route to Trinidad earlier today were thrown into a temporary state of panic after smoke emitting from the ferry's turbochargers made its way on deck.
According to passengers, who first assumed the ferry was on fire, cabin crew immediately began taking emergency measures and removing those closest to the smoke to the other side of the vessel.
The vessel then reportedly stalled in the open water off Tobago for nearly an hour before the situation was rectified. A T&T Coast Guard vessel then arrived and began escorting the Express to Port-of-Spain.
The ferry, one of two operating the inter-island route, has been experiencing several problems of late and is in urgent need of maintenance.
