A 72-year-old U.S. passenger died yesterday after falling from a passenger ship into the Grand Harbour in Valletta, Malta, based on the native press in Malta.
The incident occurred at about 5 P.M. on February 14, 2024 when the cruise ship was docked on the Grand Harbour in Valletta. Maltese police mentioned that “preliminary investigations revealed that the sufferer, who was a passenger on the identical ship, fell into the ocean.”
The person was supplied first assist by a medical group whereas an ambulance took him to a neighborhood hospital for additional medical remedy. The person was licensed useless a short while later.
The press in Malta didn’t point out the title of the cruise ship, however a number of sources determine the ship because the MSC World Europa. CruiseMapper experiences that “based on Port Valletta’s schedule, the one cruise liner visiting on February 14th was the MSC World Europa.” Dr. Ross Klein’s web site Cruise Junkie additionally identifies this explicit MSC cruise ship. Doug Parker’s Cruise Radio mentions the MSC World Europa as nicely.
Except I’m lacking one thing, there have been no accounts I’ve seen from different passengers of this newest overboard through Twitter or Fb.
There have been 4 different individuals who have gone overboard within the final three months from MSC cruise ships. The final particular person (a passenger) overboard from a cruise ship which we reported on concerned the MSC Preziosa on December 31, 2023.
Since then, on February 4th, a passenger fell off the MSC Bellissima cruise ship touring from Taiwan to Okinawa. Based on 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.
A passenger went overboard from the MSC Armonia throughout a transatlantic cruise to Brazil on December 15, 2023 and a crew member went overboard from the MSC Seascape in waters off of Puerto Rico on November 15, 2023.
We organized a fundraiser to assist the MSC crew member’s surviving mom and two sisters:
This newest overboard brings the full variety of crew and visitors overboard from MSC cruise ships to 5 in simply the final three months. One passenger died from the autumn, one survived and recovered, and two visitors and one crew member disappeared within the water.
There have been 404 individuals who have gone overboard from a cruise ship or ferry since yr 2000, based on cruise skilled Dr. Ross Klein.
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Picture credit score: MSC World Europa – Didier Duforest – CC BY-SA 4.0 commons / wikimedia; MSC Bellissima – Hashar CC BY-SA 4.0 commons / wikimedia; MSC Preziosa – Harry Garland – CC0 commons / wikimedia through Flickr; MSC Armonia – Wolfgang Manousek CC BY 2.0 commons / wikimedia; MSC Seascape – Crew Heart .
