WASHINGTON — A passenger on board a Royal Caribbean ship was injured when part of a waterslide broke while they were on it.

The incident happened Thursday on the , which is currently the largest cruise ship in the world.

"Our team provided medical care to an adult guest when acrylic glass broke off a water slide as the guest passed through the slide," a Royal Caribbean spokesperson said in a statement. "The guest is being treated for his injuries. The water slide is closed for the remainder of the sailing pending an investigation.”

The slide, called is advertised as being the , featuring rushing water pushing guests down a plastic tube with transparent acrylic windows, into a pool below.

shows water gushing out of a bend in the slide onto the deck below. Another angle, after the wate

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