A lady crusing aboard MSC Cruises’ MSC Meraviglia died after going overboard early this morning.
The ship was about 18 miles off the coast of its homeport of Port Canaveral, Florida when the 36-year-old visitor went overboard round 5 am, in keeping with visitors on board. The Coast Guard was instantly notified by the ship and launched a rescue crew by boat and helicopter, whereas Meraviglia additionally stayed within the space to assist seek for the passenger. The girl’s physique was situated round 7:30 am.
The girl’s identification has not been launched. In an announcement, the U.S. Coast Guard stated “Our deepest sympathies go out to the family during this extremely difficult time and we ask for discretion as we notify the family of this tragedy.”
MSC Meraviglia was getting back from a four-night Bahamas cruise as we speak, and was scheduled to reach again in Port Canaveral at round 7 am. Because of the incident, the ship was delayed by over 5 hours, arriving again into port round 11:15 am. On Twitter, Port Canaveral gave this replace from MSC to visitors who had been set to board Meraviglia as we speak, telling them to push their arrival again: “Embarkation for your cruise will be delayed by at least 5 hours due to a guest emergency onboard the previous cruise. Please postpone your arrival at Port Canaveral by 5 hours.”
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Today’s voyage is a three-night Bahamas voyage that can go to MSC Cruises’ personal island, Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve. It’s as a consequence of return on Sunday, December 18th.
This is one in all a number of man overboard incidents within the final a number of weeks. Yesterday, a 23-year-old girl went overboard on P&O Australia’s Pacific Explorer close to Australia. Her physique was additionally discovered inside a matter of hours.
On Thanksgiving, a 28-year-old man went overboard from Carnival Valor within the Gulf of Mexico. Incredibly, he was rescued alive after spending 20 hours within the water.
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