A girl overboard from MSC Cruises’ MSC Meraviglia was sadly discovered deceased off Port Canaveral early on Thursday, December 15, 2022. The ship was en path to return to its homeport when the incident occurred.
Woman Overboard MSC Meraviglia
After a search of only a few hours, a 36-year-old lady overboard from MSC Meraviglia was discovered deceased offshore of Port Canaveral.
According to visitors onboard, the preliminary name for an overboard state of affairs was made at roughly 5 a.m., indicating the passenger went overboard on the ship’s port facet.
Crew members performed an onboard search to account for all visitors, and different emergency measures had been instantly initiated. The cruise ship started zig-zagging within the presumed search space, and extra air and marine property from the United States Coast Guard (USCG) joined the hassle.
Unfortunately, the girl’s physique was discovered after a comparatively quick search, roughly 18 miles (29 kilometers) off the coast of Port Canaveral.
The lady’s identification and different particulars of the incident haven’t but been launched, because the investigation continues to be ongoing and household must be notified.
Cruise Ship Delayed
MSC Meraviglia was en path to Port Canaveral on the time of the incident, getting back from a 4-night cruise to The Bahamas, having departed on Sunday, December 11 and visited Nassau and Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve.
The ship was due again in Port Canaveral to start debarkation at roughly 7 a.m., however the emergency has delayed the vessel by a number of hours.
Tracking knowledge now reveals MSC Meraviglia with an estimated arrival time into Port Canaveral of 11:15 a.m., which can delay each debarkation in addition to embarkation for the following cruise. The ship is presently shifting at near high pace at 20 knots (23 miles per hour / 37 kilometers per hour) because it returns to the port.
This might allow the ship to reach sooner than the estimated time, however the vessel might want to sluggish because it enters the port channel and docks at terminal 10. After docking, the vessel nonetheless must clear customs inspection earlier than debarkation can start.
Only two different ships are in Port Canaveral at present – Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Freedom at terminal 6, and Royal Caribbean International’s Mariner of the Seas at terminal 5.
MSC Meraviglia‘s next sailing is a 3-night Bahamas sailing that will visit Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, MSC Cruises’ non-public island vacation spot in The Bahamas, for an prolonged say earlier than returning to Port Canaveral on Sunday, December 18.
The 171,600-gross-ton cruise ship can welcome as many as 4,428 visitors at double occupancy, and as much as 5,642 passengers when absolutely booked. Onboard, 1,536 worldwide crew members present wonderful service as visitors benefit from the ship’s 15 decks.
The ship is homeported at Port Canaveral by means of early April 2023, providing quite a lot of Caribbean and Bahamas itineraries, after which she is going to reposition to New York to supply longer Caribbean sailings from that homeport.
Recent Overboard Incidents
Sadly, this isn’t the one overboard incident to be reported lately. Just yesterday, a 23-year-old lady was lacking overboard from P&O Cruises Australia’s ship Pacific Explorer close to Australia, and he or she was discovered deceased after a search of a number of hours.
In late November, a person went overboard from Carnival Valor however was discovered alive within the water and rescued after an intensive search of almost 20 hours.
Cruise Hive’s ideas are with the household and associates of the girl at this troublesome time, in addition to with crew members and different visitors onboard MSC Meraviglia in mild of this tragic incident on the finish of a vacation getaway.