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FORT LAUDERDALE — A search is underway for a cruise ship crewmember who went overboard while the vessel was still at sea before docking in South Florida this weekend. Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas has lost a passenger while sailing on a 4-night Eastern Caribbean Cruise to and from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The 20-year-old male passenger went overboard in the early morning hours of Thursday, April 4, 2024, approximately 57 miles from Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas. Last month, a 23-year-old man who felt seasick fell overboard from the MSC Euribia cruise ship while crossing the North Sea in Europe and was presumed dead.
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After a search of the area where the crew member went overboard, which covered some 538 square miles, the US Coast Guard announced today it had called off the search. Cruise Hive was established back in 2008 and among the earliest blogs in the industry. Since the start, it's been our aim to provide the latest cruise news covering all the major cruise lines. We make sure cruisers are fully prepared for their cruise vacation with tips on ships and ports.Millions of travelers rely on Cruise Hive in the United States, Europe, Australia, and around the world. According to a CLIA report, only 28.2% of passengers who fell overboard between 2009 and 2019 were successfully rescued. According to the Washington Post, about 386 people were reported to have gone overboard on the major cruise lines between 2000 to 2020.
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Man Overboard and Missing From Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship - Cruise Hive
Man Overboard and Missing From Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship.
Posted: Thu, 04 Apr 2024 07:00:00 GMT [source]
“Yea that’s insane they should’ve definitely alerted everyone…in scared of cruises i haven’t never nothing good at them,” a top comment read. He wasn’t seen past 2 a.m., he never showed up to meet his family for breakfast. Some passengers said it appeared to be an impulsive, spur-of-the-moment decision. Danielle McGrath, of Fort Pierce, who was not on the ship, said Kevin was last seen by his twin brother Andre at around 2 a.m.
Liberty of the Seas Continues Sailing
It was supposed to be a vacation, but for us, it’s hell,” she told the outlet. His sister, Destiny Barnett, told NBC News that she and 13 other relatives also were on the cruise. "The guest was not detected by surveillance systems, including U.S. Customs and Border Patrol during the debarkation process," the company said.
Later Tuesday, an Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry resumed search efforts. After launching two aircraft, the Coast Guard had to temporarily pause the search overnight due to gale-force winds and rough seas. Analysis of ship CCTV later found footage of an object – which appeared to be a person ‘feet first’ – falling from the ship near to Mr Blythe-Tinker’s cabin balcony and hitting the water. Images of the Belarusian climbing down a step ladder unassisted have raised hopes for the 11 passengers who remain missing, Greece’s shipping minister, Ioannis Plakiotakis, said. Rescuers who boarded the stricken ship found the man, a 21-year-old Belarusian lorry driver, on the vessel’s stern, which teams had been attempting to cool down. Temperatures on the Italian-flagged Euroferry Olympia had exceeded 600C as firefighters had battled to extinguish fires that had raged since Friday.
Others have brought of the case of 23-year-old Amy Lynn Bradley who went missing on a Royal Caribbean International cruise in 1998. To this day she was never found and there are rumors that she’s dead or was sold into sex trafficking. The video has more than 630,000 views and over 1,800 comments as of Wednesday morning.
Coast Guard suspends search after Houma man reported missing from Carnival cruise ship - WAFB
Coast Guard suspends search after Houma man reported missing from Carnival cruise ship.
Posted: Mon, 13 Nov 2023 08:00:00 GMT [source]
Holland America crewmember missing after going overboard before vessel docks at Port Everglades
When the unidentified man went overboard, Liberty of the Seas was nearing the end of a 4-night Eastern Caribbean sailing that embarked on Monday, April 1, 2024, from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The ship called on Puerto Plata/Amber Cove in the Dominican Republic on April 3, and was on its way back to Fort Lauderdale when the man went into the water 57 miles from the Great Inagua island in the Bahamas. Coast Guard Cutter Seneca and crews from Coast Guard Air Station Miami are leading the search to find the missing cruiser, who thus far has not been found.
In a viral TikTok video, a Carnival cruise passenger called out the company for their lack of transparency and action after a passenger disappeared on a shover Labor Day weekend. In a statement to The Post, Royal Caribbean said its crew immediately sprang into action following the incident. “There was a lot of yelling, and the crew was alerted immediately,” another passenger, Deborah Morrison, told The Post.
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Reid said Carnival initially told her daughter, who was on the trip, that there was no video of the incident – and she added that she didn’t find out Barnett was missing until a cousin messaged her. Officials told The Post on Wednesday that Tyler Barnett, 28, was seen on surveillance video climbing onto a lifeboat and then leaping off the side of the Jamaica-bound Carnival Glory in the early hours of Monday. The Coast Guard has since narrowed its search area roughly 30 miles southwest of the Southwest Pass.
Passengers sailing on upcoming Liberty of the Seas cruises shouldn’t worry too much about going overboard. These incidents are rare, with roughly passengers and crew members going overboard each year out of the millions that go on a cruise. The cruise lines also go out of their way to make sure their ships are as safe as possible, such as by installing high railings on outdoor areas and balconies. “USCG crews are searching for a 20-year-old man who went overboard from the Liberty of the Seas cruise ship 57 miles from Great Inagua this morning. USCG Cutter Seneca and Air Station Miami HC-144 crews are conducting the search,” the United States Coast Guard wrote on X. Police and federal authorities are searching for a man who was reported missing Monday morning after a Carnival cruise ship returned to Miami.
The Seven Seas Mariner was the first cruise liner to boast ‘all suite, all balcony’ cabins, with every cabin featuring its own private balcony. Ship staff found his cabin empty with his clothes ‘neatly folded’ on the bed after his family’s ‘desperate attempts’ to contact him failed. The alarm was raised when Nigel, who had previously worked as the head of legal at William Hill, didn’t depart the ship in Barcelona, Spain, having been on board when the ship left Marseilles in France the day before. The men, all lorry drivers, are thought to have been sleeping in the cabins of their trucks when the fire broke out on a third-level car deck at 4.12am. The trucker’s first words were “tell me if I am alive”, according to local media reports. Hunter has previously produced digital content for local and national outlets, covering several topics from breaking news and current events to politics and pop culture.
Sims told the Post that after leaving the hot tub, they encountered the passenger's father while approaching the elevators. The passenger was identified as 19-year-old Sigmund Ropich, a college student from Washington state known to his loved ones as “Boiboi.” He had been vacationing with friends at the time. The Coast Guard deployed a C-130 Hercules plane from Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and another C-130 crew responded from Clearwater, Florida, to relieve the first. One commenter shared that there is an alleged Facebook group dedicated to the man’s disappearance and some of the very cruise workers allegedly only found out via social media, not from the Cruise line or security.
On the other hand, the incidents also highlight the need for attention concerning passengers with mental health issues from all onboard, including cruise lines and fellow passengers. The US Coast Guard announced the end of the search for a 20-year-old man reported overboard from Liberty of the Seas on April 4. The search was suspended after six days with no success, and no evidence of the man’s whereabouts was found. Another man went missing from MSC Euribia during a cruise that sailed on March 15. The disappearance of the Holland America Line crew member is one in a long list of sad events that have been in the news since the cruise industry restarted in 2021 and 2022. Just in the last few months, there have been multiple instances where people have disappeared from ships or purposely jumped overboard.
A lawyer who disappeared from a Mediterranean cruise ship died after falling from his cabin’s balcony, a judge has found. One of 12 passengers thought to be missing on an Italian cruise liner off Corfu has been found alive, 53 hours after the ferry burst into flames en route to Brindisi. BSO's Homicide and Crime Scene units have responded to Port Everglades to investigate, while the U.S. Coast has been notified and is currently searching the sea for the crew member. The sheriff's office homicide and crime scene units were dispatched to Port Everglades to investigate.
"The ship's crew immediately launched a search and rescue effort alongside the US Coast Guard, who has taken over the search," the Royal Caribbean spokesperson said. A Royal Caribbean spokesperson told Business Insider that the cruise line's "Care Team is providing support and assistance to the guest's family during this difficult time." The family of a missing Louisiana dad who officials said was filmed jumping off a Carnival cruise ship say they’ve now also seen the footage — and are convinced he slipped over the edge in a tragic accident. In April, Coast Guard crews suspended a search for an Australian passenger who fell off a cruise off Hawaii after a three-day search yielded no results.
“At this point, I can't really say because it was verified that he did not go overboard, and he did not get off the ship via the (pass) being scanned,” Sean McGrath said. "We greatly appreciate the efforts of all, most especially the U.S. Coast Guard and the mariner who spotted the guest in the water," Lupoli told CBS News. The cruise line said they were in contact with McGrath's family through their Carnival Care Team. The dad of two young girls was last seen by loved ones just before midnight as he said he was heading to his room, but his bed was never slept in.
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