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Ship on which man was killed 'had undergone recent survey'

The cruise operator has insisted that the Marco Polo ship - on which a man was killed on Friday - had undergone "stringent and rigorous surveys". His widow has blamed the "badly maintained" vessel for his death.

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Marco Polo cruise ship 'improperly maintained': widow

The widow of a pensioner killed when a freak wave hit a cruise liner said today the ship was "improperly maintained".

Helen Swinstead was one of several hundred passengers caught in a gale-force storm in the English Channel on Friday. Her 85-year-old husband, James, died when a wave crashed through a window of the liner, the Marco Polo.

ITV News' Charlotte Grant reports:

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