A girl died after going overboard on a cruise ship early Thursday morning. The 36-year-old was on the MSC Meraviglia, which was about 18 miles off the of Port Canaveral, Florida when she fell into the ocean, the Coast Guard advised CBS Information.
The cruise ship was scheduled to return to Port Canaveral that morning.
The coast guard launched a rescue crew by boat and helicopter and situated the lady's physique at round 7:30 a.m.
"Our deepest sympathies exit to the household throughout this extraordinarily troublesome time and we ask for discretion as we notify the household of this tragedy," a spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard Public Affairs Detachment in Jacksonville, Florida mentioned in a press release.
The reason for the incident is underneath investigation, the spokesperson mentioned.
The MSC Meraviglia later docked at Port Canaveral, in keeping with CBS Orlando. CBS Information has reached out to the cruise line for data and is awaiting response.
A photographer for ABC affiliate WFTV was on the ship, which was getting back from the Bahamas, and mentioned emergency notifications had been remodeled the ship's loudspeaker. The ship was held within the water and passenger and crew gathered on the deck, the station reviews.
Final month, the Coast Guard rescued a person who went overboard on the Carnival Valor. He treaded water for greater than 15 hours and was close to dying once they rescued him about 20 miles south of Southwest Move, Louisiana.