Woman Overboard!

[dwillis43]

The following story appeared in the local news today.

Cruise Ship Reports Woman Missing In Caribbean

Passenger Was Last Seen On Deck Early Saturday

 

POSTED: 2:57 pm CDT June 26, 2005

UPDATED: 5:02 pm CDT June 26, 2005

 

MEXICO CITY -- Maritime authorities were on alert Saturday for a woman reported missing from a cruise ship off the Caribbean coast of Mexico, a Carnival Cruise Lines representative said.

 

The woman was reported missing at 11 a.m. on Friday by her husband as the cruise ship Elation was returning to Galveston, Texas, after a stop in Belize, according to Jennifer de la Cruz, a representative for Carnival Cruise Lines.

 

De la Cruz declined to identify the missing passenger, who was last seen early Friday morning leaving her cabin, and then on deck.

 

At the time, the Elation was located south of Cozumel, off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula.

 

The ship turned around and headed back to the area where the woman was last seen before continuing on its voyage Friday night. "Once we received notification that she was missing, we did a full ship search and notified authorities once we did not find her," she said.

 

Carnival officials said the Mexican Navy had joined the search. Contacted Saturday, navy offices in Mexico City were not aware of the missing passenger or a search.

 

Maritime authorities issued an alert for the missing passenger to all craft in the area, the Mexican newspaper El Universal reported. Carnival Corp. is the world's largest cruise operator.

[1corona4u]

Yep. There's a thread on the Carnival board about this.

[PVDCruiser]

This is what, the second time in a couple of months?

[1corona4u]

This is what, the second time in a couple of months?

Yeah, but there have been a lot in the last year. If you go to the Carnival thread, there is a link to a page, that list all the people missing from ships....very...disturbing....

[Cruising89143]

Here is the list.

 

http://www.cruiseserver.net/travelpage/other/man_overboard.asp

 

Maybe her husband read this book.

 

http://www.reviewsofbooks.com/skinny_dip/review/

 

The book started out good but ended rather stupid IMHO.

[PhoenixCruiser]

Beat me to it Gator :D

 

I just ordered that book from Amazon, cannot wait to read it!

 

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[MEGADAN]

Yep. There's a thread on the Carnival board about this.

 

Do you have the link for the site?

[1corona4u]

Do you have the link for the site?

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=195686

[PhoenixCruiser]

Do you have the link for the site?

 

It's just another board here on CC Woman Overboard

 

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[Stircrzy]

From the Houston Chronicle:

 

Woman Not Foul Play Victim

[Guest OBAYbee]

Seems to me with all of the high tech motion sensors available that these cruise ships could install something that sets off an alarm to the bridge when someone has fallen overboard.

[Cruising89143]

From the Houston Chronicle:

 

Woman Not Foul Play Victim

 

Just from what I gathered from reading that article, it seems that the family may know something that the pubic does not.

[waterrats]

this has also been reported on www.cruisejunkie.com under events at sea.

[TrinaLC]

I second the mention of the "skinny dip" book - just read the audible.com

book on tape - good 'read''!)