Gangway Clapses, Kashe 15 da Cigaba fiye da 30
Tun lokacin da aka kaddamar da shi a shekara ta 2004, Sarauniya Maryamu 2 ta jirgin ruwa ta Cunard Line ta tashi miliyoyin miliyoyi kuma tana bi da daruruwan dubban baƙi zuwa wuraren hutun shakatawa. Duk da haka, yawancin magoya bayan jirgin ruwa suna tunawa da mummunan hatsarin da ya faru a shekarar 2003 a filin jiragen ruwa na Faransa inda aka gina jirgin.
An kashe mutane 15 a ranar 15 ga watan Nuwambar 2003, kuma fiye da talatin suka ji rauni yayin da dangin Maryama 2 (QM2) suka rushe.
Yawancin wadanda aka kashe ko suka ji rauni sun kasance ma'aikata da iyalansu da ke tafiya a jirgin. Yawancin wadanda suka ji rauni sun kasance cikin mummunan yanayin a asibiti. Harin ya faru yayin da jirgin yake a tashar jiragen ruwa a Saint-Nazaire, Faransa, tun da farko ya dawo a cikin mako daga gwajin gwajin ta karshe. Kamfanin dillancin labaran na Associated Press ya ruwaito cewa gangway da dama da ke haɗuwa da jirgin ya rushe, yayinda wadanda suka kamu da cutar 30-80. An riga an shigar da gangway a wannan mako don ziyarar musamman ta iyalan ma'aikata.
Alstom Marine's Chantiers de l'Atlantique ya shafe shekaru biyu yana gina dala miliyan 780, tashar jirgin ruwa 150,000 na kamfanin Carnet Cunard Line, wanda mallakar Carnival Corp ne. Cikin Gidan Kwalejin QM2 ne ranar 12 ga watan Janairu, 2004 daga Southampton zuwa Ft. Lauderdale . Jirgin Sarauniya (Sarauniya Elizabeth) ta kira jirgin ne a Southampton a ranar 8 ga Janairun 2004.
QM2 shine Cunard Line, kuma jirgin shi ne mafi tsawo, mafi girma, mafi girma, wanda ba a taba gina jirgin ba a lokacin da ta fara tafiya a cikin Janairu 2004--377 da nisan mita 79 kuma (ko kuma game da tsawo na gida na 21) .
Shugaba Jacques Chirac na kasar Faransa ya ziyarci jirgin ruwa a ranar Lahadi bayan hadarin. Ministan Harkokin Jakadancin Faransanci Francois Fillon yana cikin shafin a ranar Asabar da dare bayan hadarin.
Wannan jirgin ya zama wanda aka yi wa jama'a sosai kuma yana da tsammanin mutane masu tafiya. Kamfanin jirgin ruwa ya karbi fiye da 100,000 buƙatun don yawon shakatawa a yayin da aka gina shi.
Fiye da kamfanoni 800, yawancin Faransanci, sun shiga cikin gina Sarauniya Maryamu 2 . Jirgin yana dauke da fasinjoji 2600 a kan tashoshin 14, kuma kimanin kashi 75 cikin 100 na dakunan suna da baranda. Sarauniyar Maryamu 2 shine kawai jirgin ruwa wanda yake ba da dabba a kan jirgin (ko da yake suna da zama a cikin gida, maimakon cikin gida). Zanen teku yana iya zuwa har zuwa 30 knots, yana sanya shi daya daga cikin jirgin saman fasinja mafi sauri, kuma yana da jerin fiye da 32, wanda zai taimaka wajen tabbatar da jirgin a cikin wani lokacin damuwa mai zafi na Atlantic Ocean.
Tun da wannan mummunan hatsari a shekara ta 2003, Sarauniyar Maryamu 2 ta tayar da dubban miliyoyi a manyan fannoni a duniya, tare da hanyar tafiye-tafiye ta mafi girma a tsakanin Southampton da Birnin New York. Yana da bakin ciki lokacin da bala'i ya faru, amma jirgin ya yi kyau tunawa ga baƙi a cikin shekaru 10+ da suka gabata.