Person sighted overboard on Sapphire

[Shake]

Captain just announced a person was sighted overboard on Sapphire. we are currently stopped. hope this turns out good. they are currently counting everyone on the ship.

[maritimer2]

Wow! It's dark! Hopefully everyone will be accounted for shortly and you can continue to enjoy your cruise.

[Pam in CA]

I hope and pray they're OK but I know that the chances are slim. :( It's not easy to just "fall" overboard so I wonder what happened.

[nicster]

I am interest in how they go about "counting" everybody on board the ship. Could you please elaborate?

 

 

Nicci

[NewPennCruiser]

I am interest in how they go about "counting" everybody on board the ship. Could you please elaborate?

 

 

Nicci

 

It will be interesting to see how Princess handles this but on a different cruise line a couple of years ago for an incident like this, they requested that everyone report to their muster station so that cards could be scanned. Dave

[Shake]

I am interest in how they go about "counting" everybody on board the ship. Could you please elaborate?

 

 

Nicci

Captain has ordered everyone to their cabins for a head count. It,s dinner time on formal night and we are currently drifting about 5 knots.

[LARGIN]

Captain just announced still counting and will keep us informed. We are still confined in cabin. Formal night dining looks like it will be a mess.

[Sea Fan]

Larry when did it happen?

[CeeCee59]

Captain just announced a person was sighted overboard on Sapphire. we are currently stopped. hope this turns out good. they are currently counting everyone on the ship.

 

Where are you currently?

[DiamondDiva]

Just looked it up and they are on the way to Hawaii.

[blueflicker]

From what I can find out ... looks like halfway between LA and Honolulu. Out in the middle of nowhere. :(

[Renmar]

Where are you currently?

Halfway between Hawaii & Los Angeles.According to "ships locater"

 

Theo

[russbma]

Any news on the person over board ?

[wineforhealth]

Maybe the Internet is down on the Sapphire.

[vancouvergirl2010]

I think it is wise to have people separated into their cabins, from a critical incident point of view. I hope everything works out ok.

[timetravler]

Pam, you are so right, it is very hard to just fall overboard. Usually involves alcohol.

So, if everyone is accounted for, then the ship continues on?

[Pam in CA]

Pam, you are so right, it is very hard to just fall overboard. Usually involves alcohol.

So, if everyone is accounted for, then the ship continues on?

If everyone is accounted for, then the emergency is over. Sounds like the counting is to determine who is missing. The ship must conduct this before notifying the Coast Guard. This is why there is often a delay between the time a person is reported missing and the CG is notified. If the CG were notified every time someone can't find a family member or friend, they'd be on alert constantly. Hence the required count.

 

It's probable that the stewards are taking the count. After Muster a couple of weeks ago, I returned to my cabin to this notice on the door. I've never seen this before but I bet they're using it for the count:

 

[DaisyandSika]

Praying for a false alarm.

[A&L_Ont]

Praying for a false alarm.

 

Me too.

[gcvt]

We're sending prayers out to sea as well!

[USNUZULOOSE]

No updates yet?

[USU_Aggie]

No mention of this on twitter either

 

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[USNUZULOOSE]

I hope everything is alright.

[jenseib]

Any updates. My friend on the ship said something about being announced that they were cleared for California

[Cruise Junky]

Any updates. My friend on the ship said something about being announced that they were cleared for California

 

cleared for California? they haven't hit Hawaii yet