A passenger – believed to be a “young Brit” – has reportedly fallen overboard from Royal Caribbean’s ship Explorer of the Seas.
The passenger fell off the ship around 4 am on Friday, 9th August with the ship’s crew immediately putting out an emergency broadcast.
The cruise ship immediately turned and began a search, with the lifeboats also launched. Responding to the emergency, other local authorities also joined the search for the passenger.
There’s no confirmation yet on the person’s gender or age, or even an official confirmation that they are British or a passenger, rather than crew.
However, several news agencies are reporting that it’s a Brit, and that they are young, although the reports do suggest a young adult rather than a child.
A passenger on the ship tweeted about the incident as it unfolded:
Woken up on the cruise ship around 3:40am to the emergency message “Oscar Oscar Oscar off the port side.” Man overboard. Been watching the rescue efforts off my balcony all day, hoping for a positive outcome. pic.twitter.com/NYWjBYVIl5
— Nicole Bullock (@cuteculturechic) August 9, 2024
The ship continued the search until later on Friday but eventually moved on. No announcement was made to suggest that the passenger had been found, implying that the search was being left to the Croatian authorities instead.
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Jenni Fielding is the founder of Cruise Mummy. She has worked in the cruise industry since 2015 and has taken over 30 cruises. Now, she helps over 1 million people per month to plan their perfect cruise holidays.
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Hi Jennie,
Hope you enjoyed sun princess, I love princess cruises.
Jennie what do you think of the new rule on bringing spirits on board P and O they will only allow you champagne and wine on embarkation day and no more bringing any drink at ports just soft drinks only.
Hi there. I’m wondering about this medallion thing on princess cruises. Apparently the crew know your whereabouts , and also know if you are in your cabin or not, do you know if this is correct?
Yes that is correct. If you order a drink they can see where you are to bring it to you. And your cabin steward knows if you’re in or not. But it’s not the case that every crew member knows, just the ones that need to know at the time that they need to know.