Australian police officers wearing protective suits retrieved the ‘black box’ from the Ruby Princess cruise ship as part of a homicide investigation after the ship let off hundreds of passengers infected with the coronavirus in Sydney last month
SYDNEY - Australian police said on Thursday they have taken the “black box” of a cruise ship which disembarked hundreds of passengers infected with the coronavirus in Sydney, as part of a homicide investigation into the country’s deadliest infection source.
The Ruby Princess cruise ship, owned by Carnival Corp , has become a flashpoint of public anger in Australia after authorities granted the ship permission to disembark its 2,700 passengers last month without health checks. “They spoke to the captain of the ship, who was extremely helpful,” Fuller said in a televised news conference on Thursday.
“While we have been cautious over the last two weeks as we have seen the early data, what we’re seeing now is a genuine consolidation.” Australia has for weeks restricted the movements of people, requiring them to stay home except for essential work or to exercise and buy food, and police have said they will use the threat of on-the-spot fines to stop people travelling or socialising over Easter.
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