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Cruise Shinning claim that their mission was finished or so they thought.

According to Bonn, who acted as lead pilot on the second helicopter on the return trip, the flight path back to

Oceana Jet Base in Norfolk, Va. was laden with a massive storm. Fighting zero visibility, wind shears and the threat of lightning at stake, Bonn care- fully guided the team home with help from the helicopter's advanced naviga- tional equipment. Touching down at

Oceana, Pilots Molthen, Watson and their crews were greeted by a frenzy of emergency services, INS and official authorities who would examine the crew, which amazingly sustained noth- ing more than slight hypothermia. Only one crewmember, who already had a pre-existing cardiac condition had to be hospitalized for chest pains.

Comsat Lands Contract With

Radisson Seven Seas Cruises

COMSAT Mobile Communications (CMC), a business unit of Lockheed

Martin Global Telecommunications (LMGT), has won a four-year contract worth more than SI million — to provide high-speed (128 kbps) data and voice satellite communications to the

Radisson Seven Seas Cruises (RSSC)

Seven Seas Mariner.

COMSAT has furthered its presence onboard cruise ships with a three-year agreement to provide global Internet access systems to six Cunard Line and

Seabourn Line ships. The ships include the Cunard liners Queen Elizabeth 2 and

Caronia, and the Seabourn ships

Seabourn Sun, Seabourn Pride,

Seabourn Spirit and Seabourn Legend.

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Festival Cruises, Signs

Five-Year Lease with MTN

Maritime Telecommunications Net- work, Inc. (MTN), has signed a five- year agreement with Festival Cruises.

The line's next two newbuilds, European

Vision and European Dream, scheduled to be delivered from Chantiers de l'At- lantique in 2001 and 2002, will be equipped with MTN's telecommunica- tions technology.

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P&O Cruises Gets Connected

With Harris MCS

Harris Maritime Communication Ser- vices (MCS) signed a three-year con- tract to provide P&O Princess Cruises with satellite based shipboard global voice and data communications ser- vices.

Harris/MCS has installed a system onboard P&O Princess' British flagship

Aurora, integrating both Local and Wide

Area Networks using Broadband tech- nology.

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Carnival Finalizes Plans For

Fleetwide Internet Cafes

Carnival Cruise Lines has finalized plans for the installation of Internet cafes throughout its fleet, offering guests an opportunity to check e-mail and stock prices, obtain news updates and surf the Web while onboard its ships.

Providing the satellite connection and

Internet services for Carnival's Internet cafes are Maritime Telecommuncations

Network. (MTN), which is a subsidiary of American Tower's Verestar, Inc., and

Digital Seas International (DSI).

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