AdvertisementWhile the chances of falling overboard on a cruise ship are extremely low , a cruise ship expert told Business Insider that the industry's safety protocols needed updating.
Sophie Elizabeth Blythe-Tinker told the court her father "wasn't himself" and had become "increasingly abnormal" during his time on board, per the Telegraph.
Cruise ship safetyRoss Klein, an international authority on the cruise ship industry, told BI he believes cruise ship safety rules are outdated.
He said no substantial changes have been made to cruise ship safety since the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010.
AdvertisementKlein is "not very hopeful" about actionable change regarding cruise safety in the near future "because nobody's pushing for changes."
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