突发：油轮在新奥尔良撞上停靠中的内河游船「美国遗产号」：船上129名乘客、游船倾斜部分沉没、搜救持续
美国路易斯安那州新奥尔良港官员说，一艘油轮11月13日中午约12时30分（中部时间）在密西西比河撞上停靠在新奥尔良港的内河游船「美国遗产号」（American Heritage），游船当时载有129名乘客和船员，撞击后严重倾斜、部分沉没，多人获救，搜救行动仍在进行；伤亡人数与事故原因尚未得到官方确认，GSM将持续跟进。
事发地点在新奥尔良港行政大楼附近（1350 Port of New Orleans Place，约在密西西比河96英里标处）。「美国遗产号」由美国邮轮航线公司（American Cruise Lines）运营，是一艘明轮游船，载客定额150人，2015年建成；它当天约提前两小时靠港，正让乘客下船。撞船的油轮名为「大西洋沥青号」（Atlantic Asphalt），是一艘沥青运输船。
现场视频显示，油轮撞上静止的游船后，游船向一侧翻倾、部分船体没入水中，穿着救生衣的人落入河中。哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）报道至少14人已从水中获救；当地电视台WDSU援引市长办公室说有十多人被送往医院。新奥尔良市长 Helena Moreno 的团队表示，已有多人获救，搜救行动仍在进行。
美国海岸警卫队说，已封闭密西西比河93至96英里标之间河段、禁止一切船舶通行，直至另行通知。新奥尔良港港务警察、消防局、警察局与急救人员都在现场，获救和疏散的乘客被带进港务行政大楼接受分诊和协助。美国邮轮航线公司发表声明说，旗下内河游船在停靠新奥尔良期间发生碰撞，客人与船员已被疏散，公司对所有涉事人员深表关切，正在与海岸警卫队和地方当局密切配合。
截至13日下午，港方与海岸警卫队尚未公布确认的受伤人数，也未说明油轮为何撞上停靠中的游船。事故原因正在调查中，本稿只写已经确认的事实，后续数字将以港方与海岸警卫队的正式通报为准。
（来源：新奥尔良港）
Breaking: Tanker Strikes Docked Riverboat American Heritage in New Orleans: 129 Passengers Aboard, Vessel Listing and Partially Submerged as Rescues Continue
Port of New Orleans officials said a tanker struck the docked river cruise ship American Heritage on the Mississippi River at about 12:30 p.m. Central time on November 13. The riverboat was carrying 129 passengers plus crew, listed severely and became partially submerged after the impact, and search-and-rescue operations were continuing on Friday afternoon. Officials had not confirmed the number of injuries or the cause of the collision. This is a developing story.
The collision happened outside the Port of New Orleans Administration Building at 1350 Port of New Orleans Place, near mile marker 96. American Heritage, a paddlewheel riverboat operated by American Cruise Lines with capacity for 150 passengers and built in 2015, had docked about two hours earlier so passengers could disembark. The striking vessel was the asphalt tanker Atlantic Asphalt.
Video from the scene showed the tanker hitting the stationary riverboat, which tipped onto its side and partially submerged, with people in life jackets in the water. CBS News reported that at least 14 people had been rescued from the water, and local station WDSU, citing the mayor's office, reported that more than a dozen people had been taken to hospital. New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno's team said multiple individuals had been rescued and that search-and-rescue operations remained ongoing.
The U.S. Coast Guard said the Mississippi River was closed to all vessel traffic between mile markers 93 and 96 until further notice. Port of New Orleans Harbor Police, the New Orleans Fire Department, the New Orleans Police Department and emergency medical crews responded, and evacuated passengers were taken inside the port administration building for triage and assistance. American Cruise Lines said its riverboat had been involved in a collision while docked in New Orleans, that guests and crew were evacuated, and that it was deeply concerned for everyone involved and in close coordination with the Coast Guard and local authorities.
As of Friday afternoon, neither the port nor the Coast Guard had released a confirmed injury count, and no official explanation had been given for why the tanker struck the docked vessel. The cause is under investigation.
(Source: Port of New Orleans)
来源：新奥尔良港
发布：GSM·美国（发布链接）
图片来源：图：「美国遗产号」内河游船资料图（图中为该船原名「密西西比皇后号」时期，摄于密西西比河上）。Benroethig 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The riverboat American Heritage in a file photo, pictured under her former name Queen of the Mississippi on the Mississippi River. Photo by Benroethig, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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