A crewmember has been killed and four others injured after a lifeboat fell from a Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCCL) ship in France.

The accident in Marseille took place on Tuesday during a drill on the 227,000-gt Harmony of the Seas (built 2016).

Two of the injured are in a serious condition, the BBC said on Tuesday.

The lifeboat became detached from the fifth deck, the report added.

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