Urinating on Japanese tourist hits Fiji tourism badly

An incident in which a Fijian soldier urinated on a Japanese woman on a plane has ended up doing "untold damage" to Fiji, the country's main daily says in a strongly worded editorial today.

As more and more people travel these days, it appears that most customer experiences with airlines are becoming more negative – at least for the majority in economy.

 The first day of 2008 saw the New York Times print an article about the growing success of ‘coachless flights’, with the rise of carriers like Silverjet and Eos Airlines.

According to AFP, last Friday the Norwegian cruise ship MS Fram, which was carrying more than 300 passengers, struck an iceberg in the Antarctic after the vessel experienced technical problems with its propulsion system.

Argentine officials stated that the ship was on a Christmas Antarctic expedition until the ship’s propulsion engine ceased working.

It then experienced a blackout for around two hours and drifted around the Antarctic Peninsula’s northern region known as Browns Buff until it struck the iceberg.

“None of the passengers or crew was injured, there was no reported damage to the hull or spills, and there is no danger of sinking," said a spokesperson.

Norwegian passenger line Hurtigruten, MS Fram’s owner, later confirmed the incident but stated that the ship had experienced “no major damage”. 

The vessel is now being taken to the Eduardo Frei Antarctic base in Chile where it will undergo examination before it is returned to the south of Buenos Aires, Ushuaia, on Wednesday.