A cruise ship passenger was left injured after a water slide panel shattered while he was going down it.

An unnamed man had been using the slide on Royal Caribbean's cruise ship Icon of the Seas yesterday when an acrylic glass panel broke.

A large hole was left in the side of the slide as footage captured water gushing from the edges and falling onto the deck below.

The man had been riding the 46ft high Frightening Bolt at the time - a drop slide which sends upright riders feet-first into the slide after the base drops out from under them.

His condition has been described as ‘stable’, but more details about their injuries have not been made public.