Two passengers were killed and dozens injured when a 26-foot wave struck  Louis Cruise Lines’ 1,790-passenger Majesty during a cruise from Barcelona to Genoa, Italy.

A spokesman for the Cyprus-based cruise line said,  “The windows in a public area on deck 5 on the forward part of the vessel smashed resulting (in) the fatal injury of two passengers of German and Italian nationality while 14 more passengers suffered light injuries.”

To get a hair-raising account of passengers’ experience, click on to this report at MSNBC

The ship cut short its 12-day cruise and is returning to Barcelona.