Shipping containers of fruit wash up on shore after falling from cargo ship

Passengers were bound for a 14-day trip to Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands

The cruise ship Iona waiting at port in Southampton (Martin Luke/Alamy/PA)

Shipping containers of bananas and other fruit have washed up ashore after falling overboard from a cargo ship off the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom.

The British Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) said 16 containers had fallen into the sea from the Baltic Klipper near the Nab Tower lighthouse off Bembridge at about 6pm on Saturday. No crew members on the cargo ship were injured.