''AIDAblu'' is a ''Sphinx''-class

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, operated by the German

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. ''AIDAblu'' is the seventh ship in the cruise line. The vessel was delivered by

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on 4 February 2010. She is a sister ship to ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' with a half deck more, and is followed by similar '' AIDAsol'' and ''

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''. She has a passenger capacity of 2,050. The name of ''AIDAblu'' was used for a former AIDA ship from 2004 to 2007.

Facilities

''AIDAblu'' has six restaurants, ten bars, of outer deck area and a theatrium. It also has the first brewery installed on a cruise ship, where the beers served in the ship are brewed. ''AIDAblu'' has 1096 cabins, 374 are on the inside and 722 on the outside. The callsign is IBWX . IMO 9398888 . MMSI 247282500.

Incidents

In 2010

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, the captain of the ill-fated

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before, was the captain of the Costa Atlantica, also a Carnival Corporation ship as it entered the port of

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, Germany, at too high a speed, allegedly causing damage to the ''AIDAblu''. On 18 May 2020, whilst the ship was docked in

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, a male Filipino crew member of ''AIDAblu'' who had worked in the

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department was found dead in his cabin. The crew member was not suspected to have died of COVID-19.

References

External links

Official AIDAblu website
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