Early yesterday morning, a cruise passenger went overboard from the MSC Euribia whereas the cruise ship was crusing within the Sognefjord fjord between Lavik and Oppedal in Norway.
The Norwegian newspaper Bergens Tidende reviews {that a} passenger “in his late 50’s,” who was touring together with his spouse, went overboard round 2:00 a.m. early Thursday morning. The ship sounded an alarm round 2:15 a.m. There are not any reported particulars at present obtainable relating to how or why the particular person went overboard.
A rescue heart in Southern Norway thereafter deployed a rescue helicopter, air ambulance, and several other rescue vessels. A rescue boat was additionally deployed from the MSC ship.
The passenger’s physique was positioned at round 3:00 a.m. and and recovered by a rescue vessel after which taken on board a rescue helicopter and flown to Haukeland College Hospital in Bergen the place he was pronounced lifeless.
The native police in Norway will conduct an investigation and can query the crew and acquire video surveillance from the cruise ship.
The newspaper quotes a neighborhood police officer as stating: “That is coded as a suspicious loss of life. We now have a number of hypotheses. It may very well be an accident, a prison act, or an intentional act.”
That is the 411th particular person who has gone overboard since 2000, based on Dr. Ross Klein who maintains the definitive record of cruise ship overboards.
That is additionally the seventh particular person who has gone overboard from MSC cruise ships in lower than the final seven months.
Two passengers, together with this most up-to-date overboard, died after going into the water, one survived and recovered, and three visitors and one crew member disappeared within the water.
A twenty-three (23) year-old passenger from Scotland, named Liam Brody Wilkie Jones, went overboard from the MSC Euribia on March 15, 2024.
On February 4, 2024, a passenger fell off the MSC Bellissima cruise ship touring from Taiwan to Okinawa. In accordance with the Taiwan Information, the passenger was positioned, pulled from the water after which rushed to a hospital, the place he was reported to be in good situation following medical remedy.
On December 30, 2023, a passenger went overboard from the MSC Preziosa after the MSC cruise ship left the port of Santos heading to New Yr’s Eve festivities in Rio de Janeiro.
A passenger went overboard from the MSC Armonia throughout a transatlantic cruise to Brazil on December 15, 2023.
A crew member went overboard from the MSC Seascape in waters off of Puerto Rico on November 15, 2023.
Maritime legislation requires ship homeowners to right away take steps to go looking and rescue passengers (or crew members) as quickly as they understand that somebody has gone overboard. As a sensible matter, this usually includes turning the ship round to the world the place the particular person left the ship. The cruise fan web page Cruise Hive reported on this overboard and states that AIS monitoring knowledge reveals the MSC ship “turning round” shortly after 2:00 a.m.
The crew will usually deploy rescue lifecraft and make the most of spotlights to seek for the overboard particular person. The captain often makes bulletins that the ship is concerned in searching for an overboard visitor.
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June 8, 2024:
The New York Put up coated the incident.
Picture credit score: MSC Euribia – Von ND44 – Eigenes Werk, CC BY-SA 4.0 commons / wikimedia.
