For reference, here in the US the minimum height for a “guard” (a rail to prevent fall injury) is 42 inches (106.7 cm). The “only” in the quote above I take to mean that it’s below-standard, thus more likely for people to fall over. Given that this happened proximate to the US and, I’m assuming, would be likely to have more US residents aboard than, say, a Med cruise, then I suspect the likelihood of overbalancing to be higher because of the rail height people are accustomed to.
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