Honeymooning American couple seriously injured in New Zealand volcano eruption

Wait..."80% over his whole body, and his hands badly burned"...still was able to use his smart phone?!

OR...was this after he got the Morphine on board at the hospital, THEN called his Mom? Most likely.

Amazing he is conscious and could make a phone call.

Hey at least the could afford that trip! That’s more than some people can say. Take the good with the bad. Sorry that bad in this case is burned, but, maybe don’t go to active volcano land next time dummies.

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... huh? ... sounds like YOU have those encounters all the time??? ...
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Never ask for the hottest honeymoon

They are opening a criminal investigation:

Police Deputy Commissioner John Tims did not go into details of the criminal investigation but said it would sit alongside an investigation by health and safety regulators. The announcement indicates authorities are concerned safety standards may have been breached.

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Good. Hopefully they havent reproduced.
Wanna see a volcano? Watch a youtube video.
Why actually GO??

Volcanos they erupt.

That is all.

They didn’t make them go in that island. There were warnings they shouldn’t go hence most people staying on the ship.

I would assume that anybody taking a cruise to visit an active volcano would have been informed of the risks and signed waivers.

Any geologist I know would have accepted the risk and taken the tour.

It's not illegal to visit Syria. I have an American facebook friend who went on a tour there in October.

On the other hand...

Malaysian Airlines flew passenger jet MH17 directly over the most critical active battlefield in a war zone. That was a clear violation of the Chicago Treaty on Air Safety.

Was it pilot error or the Kiyiv Air traffic control that should be held responsible?

The Air Traffic control records have been destroyed, but the pilots should have known that there was no air traffic control in that area. The Donetsk air traffic control tower responsible for that area had been blown up. That was their first clue.

The civil war in Syrian only affects the north of the country at this point. It's hard to get a visa, but their tourist industry is recovering.

um, it's an erupting volcano...

From the appearance of the smoke their burns were scalds from super heated steam, like a boiler explosion on a World War naval vessel; very painful. God be with them.

:It'sDoomy:

The rule of thumb is to add the age with the percentage of the body that is burnt, anything over 100 is fatal.

So they knew the volcano was about to erupt? Or was it already erupting? I cannot find any info on it.

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NZ Police stopped a helicopter pilot from going back in to rescue more people, after he had saved dozens in 3 flights. The pilot said that was the hardest thing, being stood down by our corrupt filthy pigs.
Trump please blow the chch ff wide open, our cops (top brass) are out of control cabal agents and destroying this once proud country.
Today [they] are giving themselves bravery awards in the MSM for their role play in the chch ff. DISGUSTING!!

they will slap some aloe vera on there and he will be fine.

he def covered her with his body.

i always thought going to a volcano was a bad idea.

80%?! Yikes that's Anakin Skywalker territory.

That is not survivable territory.

I've seen this before.
Raised by lawyers.
Educated by slaves.

Me too...

The sooner the better, they need to get-in-line for a free Horse-Whipping...

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next time, maybe they should visit an Arizona Rattle Snake Farm.

That's tragic.

You would think there would have been warnings or monitoring and tours stopped. I read there was an increase of activity. I can't believe tours weren't stopped.

I hope the guy lives. 80% burns is not good.

Don't see how. When people leave the cruise ship for day excursions, the ship doesn't have control over where they go. Now if the cruise set this up as part of the package price, then yes, but I doubt that is what happened.

Thatll teach em to gey married

The cruise line didn't drop them off on the dang volcanic island for petes sake! They docked at port on a safe island. They didn't force anyone to leave the ship. People leave to explore on their own. That's what cruise ships do. Float around, dock at ports. You can stay and wait for the ship to leave port or go somewhere and make sure you are back in time! gee

I saw pics of it before it exploded. It wasn't even a scenic spot. A rock in the ocean.

I think the government of New Zealand will take responsibility this, for allowing access, and the official information about level of volcanic activity was very wrong.

GeoNet, which monitors geological hazards in New Zealand, placed the volcano alert level at a three out of a five-point scale during the eruption; it remained at that level Tuesday. A week before the incident and leading up to the eruption, the alert level was at a two.

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