3 cruise ship crew catch swine flu off Australia

Twenty-four cases now confirmed, second flu episode for the ship

The Pacific Dawn sails past the Sydney Opera House in Sydney. The ship will cut short a Great Barrier Reef voyage and head to a major Australian port after three crew members were found to have swine flu.

CANBERRA, Australia - A cruise ship with 2,000 passengers aboard has had its voyage cut short and will head to an Australian port for medical help after three crew members were diagnosed Thursday with swine flu, a health official said. It was the second time that people have contracted swine flu on the ship.

The luxury ship left Monday on a 10-day cruise from Sydney to Australia's northeastern tropical waters over the Great Barrier Reef, just hours after returning from a trip on which several people complained of flu-like symptoms.

Twenty-four passengers and crew on that cruise have now been found to have swine flu. The first case was not confirmed until after the ship was allowed to sail again with a new group of passengers.