compensation from the Swedish Migration Agency at SEK450/asylum seeker would generate SEK805,500/day if the asylum hotel was operated at full capacity. The Asylum hotel plans did not come to fruition and the ship was put back on the market for either sale or charter in August 2016. To avoid increased costs for heating and since Ocean Gala did not comply with Finnish-Swedish Ice Class Rules, the vessel left the port 3 November 2016. On its way to Esbjerg, a short stop was made in Tallinn to refuel. The vessel was in Denmark and completed its five-year survey with class society DNVGL. After months off Suez as channel workers floating accommodation and calls at Limassol she finally passed through the canal on 2 May 2017, heading down the Red Sea, it was speculated she was heading to Alang for Scrapping. The next port turned out to be Khalifa, Abu Dhabi, for continued service. In March 2018, after spending several months laid up in Khalifa, she set sail for Alang, where she was beached for scrapping on 4 April 2018 at Kaya plot 103. Accidents and incidents In February 1988, a chiropractor named Scott Rolston murdered his wife Karen Waltz by strangling her and dumping the body overboard in order to make it look like a drowning. Karen was either thrown or pushed from the balcony oif their cabin and fell straight down into the water below. Rolston was later convicted of her murder. On May 25, 2006, Micki Kanesaki was murdered by her ex-husband, Lonnie Kocontes, while aboard the Island Escape. Kanesaki was murdered in the same manner as Karen Waltz 18 years earlier. In popular culture Island Escape was featured in a mini-series TV documentary which consisted of 10 episodes. The documentary was initially broadcast in the UK during 2002. Repeats of the documentary were later shown on Bravo. The documentary followed the working lives of crew members and gave insight into what it was like to work on a cruise ship. Gallery References External links Deck plans Fakta om Fartyg: M/S Scandinavia (1982) Professional photographs from shipspotting.com 1981 ships Ships built in France Ships of Royal Caribbean International