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Passengers of disabled cruise ship being flown to Houston for final leg of tortuous journey
HOUSTON - Planes are shuttling more than 2,000 passengers of the damaged Carnival Triumph cruise ship to Houston for the final leg of a long journey home.
A spokeswoman for Bush Intercontinental Airport says Carnival Cruise Lines has contracted with Delta Air Lines for 11 flights Friday from New Orleans to Houston.
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The approximately 2,300 passengers have the option of leaving for home from Bush airport, or taking a chartered bus for the 50-mile drive to Galveston, Texas, where their cars may be parked. The cruise ship left the Port of Galveston on Feb. 7 for what was supposed to be a four-day cruise.
Hundreds of other passengers opted to take an eight-hour bus ride to Galveston from Mobile, Ala., where the ship docked Thursday evening.
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