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== Fire ==
On December 1, 2002, according to a first-hand passenger account,<ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/windsongfire/ first-hand passenger account]</ref> an [[engine room]] fire forced passengers into lifeboats at 3:15&nbsp;a.m.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sites.google.com/site/windsongfire|work= Windsong Cruise Ship Fire|title=The Wakeup Call I Won’tWon't Soon Forget|accessdate=18 October 2017}}</ref> where they'd hoped to stay only until the fire was under control. At 5:04&nbsp;a.m. a small explosion was heard from the front of the ship and the captain gave the order to abandon ship. All 127 passengers and 92 crew members were evacuated safely.
Passengers were transported by fast ferry to [[Raiatea]], a nearby island where they arrived at approx 8 a.m. Over the course of that day, they were flown on scheduled and charter Air Tahiti flights to Papeete.