Rescue on the Carnival Splendor Cruise Ship (15 images)

Passengers wait to disembark the Carnival Cruise Lines cruise ship C/V Splendor after it was towed into San Diego Harbor on November 11, 2010. The luxury liner and its 3,300 vacationers was stranded off the Mexican coast by an engine-room fire on Monday. UPI Photo/Earl S. Cryer

Carnival Cruise Lines cruise ship C/V Splendor is towed into San Diego Harbor on November 11, 2010. The luxury liner and its 3,300 vacationers was stranded off the Mexican coast by an engine-room fire on Monday. UPI Photo/Earl S. Cryer

Carnival Cruise Lines cruise ship C/V Splendor is towed into San Diego Harbor on November 11, 2010. The luxury liner and its 3,300 vacationers was stranded off the Mexican coast by an engine-room fire on Monday. UPI Photo/Earl S. Cryer

A U.S. Navy Sea Hawk helicopter from the USS Ronald Reagan delivers supplies to the cruise ship Carnival Splendor in the Pacific Ocean some 150 nautical miles southwest of San Diego, California on November 9, 2010. An engine room fire on November 8th killed the ships power and set it adrift. Tugs are expected to bring the ship to San Diego on Thursday, November 11. UPI/Mikesa R. Ponder/U.S. Navy