Stricken cruise ship the Costa Allegra reached the Seychelles’ main port today, after three days at sea without power.

The disabled Costa Allegra cruise ship is expected to reach the Seychelles’ main port just after dawn tomorrow, an aviation official said today.

Helicopters ferried food, phones and flashlights to more than 1,000 passengers and crew stuck aboard a disabled cruise ship being towed to the Seychelles Islands through waters prowled by pirates.

A British mother did not think disaster could strike twice until the cruise ship her daughter was working on was cast adrift just weeks after her son survived the capsizing of the Costa Concordia.