A 38-day cruise on Britain's biggest ocean liner the Queen Mary 2 (QM2) has had to be halted because of a propulsion unit problem.
With about 2,500 passengers on board for a cruise around South America, the 150,000-tonne Cunard vessel had to return to port at Fort Lauderdale in Florida shortly after sailing yesterday.
"There is a problem with one of the four propulsion units and it was thought best to go back to port," a Cunard spokesman said today.
He went on: "The vessel had just left Fort Lauderdale when it was discovered that there was something wrong with the unit, known as a pod.
I think they mean that one of the engines is knackered.
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