TRAVEL expert Brandon Presser recently revealed to Bloomberg the many secret codes cruise ships use to minimise panic when something goes wrong. For the record, a PVI is a “public vomiting incident”, an Alpha is a “medical emergency,” a Bravo is a “fire” and you definitely don’t want to hear...
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TRAVEL expert Brandon Presser recently revealed to Bloomberg the many secret codes cruise ships use to minimise panic when something goes wrong.
For the record, a PVI is a “public vomiting incident”, an Alpha is a “medical emergency,” a Bravo is a “fire” and you definitely don’t want to hear staff whispering there has been an Echo – that means the “ship has started to drift”.
If a person is unlucky enough to go overboard, we’re not sure why but that’s an Oscar.
Presser made no mention of gastro outbreak codes, we’re guessing it’s a “major bummer”.
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