A cruise ship left adrift in the Indian Ocean after a power failure with more than 1,000 people on board has been taken in tow, the BBC has learned.
© Agence France-PresseThe Costa Allegra has more than 1,000 people on board
A French fishing vessel is taking the Costa
Allegra to a nearby island where passengers will be disembarked before being transferred to the Seychelles.
A fire in the ship's generator room caused it to lose all power.
The ship is from the same fleet as the Costa
Concordia, which capsized off the Italian coast in January, killing 32.
The BBC's Katy Watson on Seychelles says that the ship is being towed to the Desroches island, near Alphonse island, south-west of the Seychelles.