Crippled Carnival Triumph cruise ship reaches US coast
More than 4,000 passengers are disembarking a crippled cruise ship which reached land four days after an engine fire knocked out its power, BBC reported.
The Carnival Triumph arrived in Mobile, Alabama at around 21:15 (03:15 GMT).
It could take five hours to unload all the passengers. Hot food, blankets and mobile phones await them in the terminal, a Carnival official has said.
Passengers had reported sewage on the floors, poor sanitation and access to toilets, and lengthy queues for food.
Some lined the decks as the 900-ft (275m) ship docked, waving and cheering at people on shore.
Chants of "Let me off, let me off!" could be heard coming from the ship as they waited to disembark.
Carnival Corp which operates the ship, was also the owner of Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that ran aground off the Italian coast and sank last year, killing 32 people.