# 'Miracle on Mississippi' - All passengers rescued after New Orleans cruise ship collision

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6 outlets covering · First listed: BBC, Nov 13, 2026, 5:40 PM · Read it: <https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw20xmy0m5yyo>

The collision leaves 32 people in hospital with non-critical injuries, but no-one unaccounted for.

## Who's covering it

In the order they published:

- Nov 13, 2026, 2:01 PM: ['Miracle': All rescued from capsized New Orleans riverboat in tanker collision](<https://abcnews.com/US/vessel-collision-port-new-orleans-emergency-crews-responding/story?id=138119847>) — ABC News (TV network, United States, rated Lean left)
  The incident occurred Friday on the Mississippi River.
- Nov 13, 2026, 2:13 PM: [New Orleans boat crash: all passengers and crew found alive in ‘miracle on the Mississippi’ – as it happened](<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/nov/13/new-orleans-cruise-liner-tanker-crash-live-updates>) — Guardian (Newspaper, United Kingdom, rated Lean left)
  Rescue efforts under way as American Heritage takes on water; governor confirms incident in Mississippi RiverTanker collides with cruise ship on Mississippi River in New OrleansMartin J Davies, a maritime expert at Tulane University, told local news outlet Fox 8 that he suspected the incident was caused by either steerage failure or engine failure.“This ship is headed upriver and for it to have lost the ability to avoid the moored vessel, there must have been some fairly substantial failure, with the steering gear or the propulsion of the ship to prevent them from avoiding the vessel on…
- Nov 13, 2026, 2:38 PM: [Passengers rescued after tanker hit river cruise in New Orleans](<https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tanker-cruise-collision-mississippi-river-new-orleans/>) — CBS News (TV network, United States, rated Lean left)
  A tanker struck a river cruise ship on the Mississippi River near the Port of New Orleans Friday, partially submerging the passenger boat.
- Nov 13, 2026, 3:03 PM: [Tanker crashes into river cruise ship carrying over 100 passengers in Port of New Orleans](<https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/4803302/tanker-crash-river-cruise-ship-new-orleans-port/>) — Washington Examiner (Magazine, United States, rated Lean right)
  All of the passengers aboard a cruise ship on the Mississippi River have been accounted for after the boat collided with a tanker near the Port of New Orleans on Friday afternoon, prompting a large emergency response. The incident occurred around 12:30 p.m. when an Atlantic Asphalt tanker crashed into the American Cruise Lines’ American
- Nov 13, 2026, 4:26 PM: [All passengers accounted for after tanker hits cruise ship, New Orleans mayor says](<https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/live/all-passengers-accounted-for-after-tanker-collides-with-cruise-ship-in-new-orleans-mayor-says-223554822.html>) — Yahoo News (Digital news, United States, rated Lean left)
  The mayor of New Orleans said on Friday evening that all of the more than 100 passengers aboard a cruise ship docked at the Port of New Orleans on the Mississippi River had been accounted for after a large asphalt tanker crashed into it, causing it to sink. Mayor Helena Moreno said at a news conference that the collision between the American Heritage cruise ship — a riverboat-style ship — and a tanker called the Atlantic Asphalt occurred around 12:30 p.m. after the tanker “lost control.” She said that passengers immediately began disembarking, but as they did so, the cruise ship capsized.…
- Nov 13, 2026, 5:40 PM: ['Miracle on Mississippi' - All passengers rescued after New Orleans cruise ship collision](<https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw20xmy0m5yyo>) — BBC (Public broadcaster, United Kingdom, rated Center)
  The collision leaves 32 people in hospital with non-critical injuries, but no-one unaccounted for.
