The Captain of the FastCat has just announced that the gangway at Ryde has fallen into the sea OnTheWight has been told by a number of people onboard, including Chris Bailey.
The Captain went on to say that the service is to be cancelled for the foreseeable future.
Chris went on say,
The end jammed, they tried to free it by wiggling it forward and it’s now ‘in Atlantis’.
Update 9:23 – This just in from WightLnk
As a result, we are currently unable to use our main berth at Ryde Pier Head. This will cause some delays and we would like to apologise to passengers for the inconvenience. However, we would ask passengers to check in on time as we will be making every effort to operate sailings. Regrettably, there is currently no access for disabled passengers or persons with reduced mobility. Therefore, we ask that they make their way directly to Fishbourne where they will be transferred to the next car ferry sailing. We expect the disruption to last until 14:00 today. A further update will be issued at 13:00.
Wightlink can confirm that at just before 08:00 this morning, a problem occurred with the gangway at Ryde Pier. No-one was hurt and because the gangway is remotely operated, at no time was anyone in any danger. We are still at the early stages of our investigation and so are unable to comment on exactly what happened. However, we would like to reassure passengers that safety remains our top priority and we will conduct a very thorough investigation.
