China News Service, June 28, according to New Zealand’s Tianwei.com, a newlywed from the US state of Virginia was burned during the eruption of the Isle of Wight in New Zealand on December 9, 2019. The travel company filed a legal action.
According to reports, it was too late when the tour guide told them to hide after the eruption. The newlyweds could not find a place to hide, and were quickly engulfed by suffocating volcanic ash, and both suffered irreversible burns.
On December 9, 2019 local time, a volcanic eruption occurred on the Isle of Wight in New Zealand.
"My body sizzled." Lauren, 33, said: "I held Matthew's hand and I kept telling him I love him because I thought we would die in a few seconds."
Matthew, 36, also said: "It's darker than the darkest night you've ever seen, and the hot hands are so hot that we were hit by stones."
The couple believed that Royal Caribbean Cruises and New Zealand's tourism management company ID Tours did not inform tourists of the alarm and made an unforgivable mistake.
Matthew said: "Our life will change forever, and we will not change back to what it was before."
According to the British "Daily Mail" report, Matthew and Lauren are suing Royal Caribbean Cruises for negligence. They believe that the cruise company has been warned that the volcano is on the verge of eruption, but no measures have been taken to warn passengers. .
ID Tours is also listed as a co-defendant and the lawsuit will be filed in the District Court of Miami, United States.
The couple's lawyers said: "Before this fate-changing outbreak, several similar volcanic activity alerts have been issued, but Royal Caribbean Cruises has never issued any warnings or notices of volcanic activity."
On the afternoon of December 9, 2019 local time, the Isle of Wight volcano in New Zealand suddenly erupted, killing 21 people and burning many people. At that time there were 47 multinational tourists on the island, mainly Australian tourists.