Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : Legionnaire’s Disease Fear Delays Ship

Passengers aboard a cruise ship that may be linked to an outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease were pulled off the vessel in Bermuda while the water system was being flushed, the cruise line said. There are three confirmed cases of the disease among passengers who took a recent cruise on the Horizon, owned by Celebrity Cruises of Verona, N.J. Health officials said that 10 other potential cases are being investigated. Some of those involved people who have been on other cruises of the ship. Legionnaire’s disease is a form of pneumonia transmitted by bacteria in airborne water droplets. The 1,243 passengers were taken off the ship in Bermuda for 24 hours while the ship’s water was flushed at sea and the water system re-chlorinated. They will re-board the vessel this morning and return to New York on Saturday, officials said.