jhp -- ref your comment: "Hard to believe they would try to board an MSC ship, the ones I have seen are monsters.....big!"
The ship involved in this accident was the MSC Melody. It looked like an older, smaller ship in the photo I saw. What I was able to find out on-line: It was built in 1982 and holds 1,064 pax. It was formerly Premier Cruise Line's Starship Atlantic.
