A huge cruise liner allided with pier as well as smaller sized traveler vessel in Venice, Italy on Sunday, hurting 4 individuals, regional authorities claimed.

MSC Cruises claimed the 2,679-passenger Opera was coming close to an incurable on the Giudecca canal when it struck the dock as well as a neighboring ferryboat as a result of a technological issue.

Pino Musolino, chairman of the north Adriatic Sea port authority, claimed 4 individuals had actually experienced small injuries in the collision, as reported byReuters Emergency employees claimed the cruise liner showed up to have actually blown up after a steel cord that linked it to a tugboat broke, the Reuters record claimed.

Photos reveal damages to the ship as well as concrete pier.

The crash was captured on video clip from numerous angles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI2rcJ9erus