A person was rescued after leaping into the ocean from Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas on Sunday morning because the ship sailed in the direction of Roatan, Honduras.
The incident occurred at some point after departing from Miami, Florida, for a seven-night Western Caribbean cruise, roughly 40 miles north of Santa Lucia, Cuba.
The ship’s AIS (Computerized Identification System) confirmed that the vessel deviated its course to launch a rescue craft to find the person overboard.
A visitor confirmed with Cruise Radio that an announcement was made stating that the person was recovered alive shortly after the rescue craft had been launched.
An hour later, the Icon of the Seas’ resort director got here on the ship’s PA system to say the person was within the ship’s intensive care unit along with his household.
The ship is now again heading in the right direction for its first port of name in Roatan, the place it’s scheduled to dock early Monday morning.
Cruise Strains Worldwide Group (CLIA) reported in 2020 that out of 212 man-overboard conditions, solely 28.2% had profitable rescues.
That is Royal Caribbean’s tenth man overboard since 2020.
| Final month, a 20-year-old passenger jumped off Liberty of the Seas after an altercation along with his father on the pool deck. He was by no means recovered.
Final August, an 18-year-old went overboard on Marvel of the Seas. After an exhaustive search, the person was not positioned, and the vessel was launched to proceed its itinerary. In June 2023, a lady fell off Mariner of the Seas whereas attempting to take a selfie. She was later recovered and banned from the cruise line. |
Icon of the Seas sails alternating Western and Japanese Caribbean cruises each different week. Its present crusing is scheduled at Roatan, Costa Maya, Cozumel, and the corporate’s non-public island, Good Day at CocoCay.
We’ve got contacted Royal Caribbean for an announcement and are awaiting a response. This story can be up to date as particulars turn out to be accessible.
