ABC News reports that 23 members of the same family were yanked off of Carnival Cruise Line ship in the South Pacific for starting a fight that lasted three days. The ship was originally scheduled to travel from Melbourne, Australia to New Caledonia and back over the course of 10 days.
The video shows people tussling with other passengers and security guards. You can also see security kicking passengers while they're already on the ground.
Carnival commented on the situation in a statement that read, "We have zero tolerance approach to excessive behavior that affects other guests. In line with this policy, we cooperated fully with local authorities in Australia to remove a large family group who had been involved in disruptive acts aboard Carnival Legend." When it comes to how security guards handled the situation, Carnival commented, "actions seen on the video by our security team are not in line with our Carnival values and policies." The cruise line did not comment on what, exactly started the fight.
As of Monday, NSW police say no charges have been filed against anyone involved, but they are still investigating. In response to the other inconvenienced passengers, Carnival is offering them 25% off of future trips.
