Unnecessary security evacuation on Star Princess in Canada

Those sailing on the 2500-passenger Star Princess were forced to evacuate the cruise ship on October 4 while the crew and security officials searched the ship. The evacuation, which took place in the port of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, was called for after three suspicious packages and an unidentified man were seen aboard the vessel. But, nothing harmful was found on board and the ship departed after a three-hour delay.

The officials in St. John's do have past events to make them suspicious, though. In 2005, six Chinese citizens were found hidden oboard Star Princess when it docked at St. John's. In that case, the ringleader, Lin Zhou Zhang was sentenced to a year in jail for smuggling himself and the others into Canada with fake passports.