Description

The luxerious flagship of the French Messageries Maritimes Ship Line set off on its maidan voyage from France to China and Japan. Though there were several bomb threats against the ship, the threat to the ship’s safety turned out to be internal, in the wiring that ran through all of the well appointed cabins, full of flammable carpeting, curtains, and furniture. It would only take an electrical short to cause the ship to turn from a floating palace into a deadly inferno.

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