Passenger injured as glass shatters on Icon of the Seas slide

A passenger on Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas recorded video of a water slide incident in which a panel shattered mid-ride, injuring one guest and sending water into a public area.

The footage, filmed by Jim Muldoon on Thursday, shows passengers shouting in alarm as water pours from the slide. Several voices can be heard saying, “Stop the slide. Stop the slide,” as the situation unfolds.

It was gathered in a statement, Royal Caribbean confirmed that an adult guest was hurt when acrylic glass broke off the slide while the guest was inside.

“Our team provided medical care to an adult guest when acrylic glass broke off a water slide as the guest passed through the slide,” a spokesperson said. “The guest is being treated for his injuries. The water slide is closed for the remainder of the sailing pending an investigation.”

The cruise is scheduled to return to Miami on Saturday.

This comes two weeks after a separate incident on the same ship, when a deadly altercation between two crew members occurred, according to the Royal Bahamas Police Force.

On 24 July, a 35-year-old South African crew member allegedly stabbed a 28-year-old South African woman multiple times while the ship was near San Salvador Island in the Bahamas. The man then jumped overboard and was later found dead by the ship’s medical staff.

Police said the woman had stab wounds to her upper body but was in stable condition.

A Royal Caribbean spokesperson called the matter “a personal dispute” and confirmed the woman received treatment from the onboard medical team. The company did not release the names of those involved. An autopsy was pending to determine the man’s cause of death.