A cruise ship with 100 Britons on board that was drifting after a fire has been repaired and is now sailing towards Malaysia.
The luxury liner Azamara Quest, carrying around 1,000 passengers, has had power and propulsion restored following the fire in one of the ship's engine rooms on Friday, which left it adrift in the seas south of the Philippines.
Azamara Club Cruises, the ship owners, said: "Engineers on board Azamara Quest have been able to restore propulsion to the ship.
"Azamara Quest is currently sailing directly to Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia at between three to six knots. Based on this speed, the ship is expected to arrive in Sandakan within 24 to 48 hours."
Five crew members suffered smoke inhalation. One crew member who was more severely injured has improved but is still "serious", the statement added. None of the 590 passengers were hurt.
The damage caused by the fire has meant that the rest of the cruise will be cancelled once the ship has arrived in Sandakan in Sabah, Malaysia.
The 17-night tour began in Hong Kong on Monday and was due to finish in Singapore on 12 April.
The son of two passengers praised the crew on board the ship and said the passengers were displaying the "Dunkirk spirit".
Jeremy Scott, of Pinner, west London, said his parents, Valerie and Billy Scott, had phoned him on Saturday morning from the ship to tell him they are "fine".
"There is no panic, everybody is fine and they are just getting on with it. It is the Dunkirk spirit and they are making the best of the situation," he said.
"The crew have been brilliant, they have done everything right."
The stricken ship was drifting in the Sulu Sea about 70 miles south of the Philippines' Tubbataha Reef, the Philippines' coastguard spokesman Lieutenant Commander Algier Ricafrente said. The Sulu Sea lies between the Philippines and the island of Borneo, which is divided between Malaysia and Indonesia.
It was the latest in a series of accidents affecting luxury cruise liners since January, when the Costa Concordia capsized off the coast of Italy, killing 25 people, with a further seven missing, presumed dead.
Six weeks later another Costa cruise ship, the Costa Allegra, was left adrift off the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean after a fire broke out on board.
The Foreign Office said: "We are aware of the incident and our colleagues in Manila are liaising with the Philippines coastguard who are looking into the matter."