60: Carnival Triumph
From Causality by The Engineered Network
August 26, 2025 · 25 min · Season 1 · Episode 60
About this episode
The episode explores the engineering flaws that led to the fire aboard the Carnival Triumph and its aftermath.
A leaking flexible pipe started a fire in the Engine Room aboard the Carnival Triumph during its return journey from Mexico in early 2013. The fire caused minor damage in one, very important section of the Engine Room leading to a total loss of Mains Power. With only intermittent Emergency Power and over 4,000 people on board the ship drifted with the currents before it was tugged finally to safety. The Netflix Documentary 'Poop Cruise' looked at the human consequences...we dive into the engineering design that was inherently flawed from Day One.
Topics covered
- engineering design
- maritime safety
- human consequences
- fire incidents
- cruise ships
Keywords
- Carnival Triumph
- fire
- engineering design
- maritime safety
- Poop Cruise
- cruise ship incident
- 2013
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Carnival Triumph, Netflix
Books & works: Poop Cruise
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