A lady overboard from MSC Cruises’ MSC Meraviglia was sadly discovered deceased off Port Canaveral early on Thursday, December 15, 2022. The ship was en path to return to its homeport when the incident occurred.
Lady Overboard MSC Meraviglia
After a search of just some hours, a 36-year-old girl overboard from MSC Meraviglia was discovered deceased offshore of Port Canaveral.
In accordance with visitors onboard, the preliminary name for an overboard scenario was made at roughly 5 a.m., indicating the passenger went overboard on the ship’s port aspect.
Crew members performed an onboard search to account for all visitors, and different emergency measures have been instantly initiated. The cruise ship started zig-zagging within the presumed search space, and extra air and marine belongings from the USA Coast Guard (USCG) joined the hassle.
Sadly, the girl’s physique was discovered after a comparatively quick search, roughly 18 miles (29 kilometers) off the coast of Port Canaveral.
The girl’s id and different particulars of the incident haven’t but been launched, because the investigation continues to be ongoing and household must be notified.
Cruise Ship Delayed
MSC Meraviglia was en path to Port Canaveral on the time of the incident, coming back from a 4-night cruise to The Bahamas, having departed on Sunday, December 11 and visited Nassau and Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve.
The ship was due again in Port Canaveral to start debarkation at roughly 7 a.m., however the emergency has delayed the vessel by a number of hours.
Monitoring information now exhibits MSC Meraviglia with an estimated arrival time into Port Canaveral of 11:15 a.m., which is able to delay each debarkation in addition to embarkation for the subsequent cruise. The ship is at present shifting at near high pace at 20 knots (23 miles per hour / 37 kilometers per hour) because it returns to the port.
This may increasingly allow the ship to reach sooner than the estimated time, however the vessel might want to sluggish because it enters the port channel and docks at terminal 10. After docking, the vessel nonetheless must clear customs inspection earlier than debarkation can start.
Solely two different ships are in Port Canaveral right this moment – Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Freedom at terminal 6, and Royal Caribbean Worldwide’s Mariner of the Seas at terminal 5.
MSC Meraviglia‘s subsequent crusing is a 3-night Bahamas crusing that may go to Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve, MSC Cruises’ non-public island vacation spot in The Bahamas, for an prolonged say earlier than returning to Port Canaveral on Sunday, December 18.
The 171,600-gross-ton cruise ship can welcome as many as 4,428 visitors at double occupancy, and as much as 5,642 passengers when totally booked. Onboard, 1,536 worldwide crew members present wonderful service as visitors benefit from the ship’s 15 decks.
The ship is homeported at Port Canaveral by means of early April 2023, providing a wide range of Caribbean and Bahamas itineraries, after which she’s going to reposition to New York to supply longer Caribbean sailings from that homeport.
Current Overboard Incidents
Sadly, this isn’t the one overboard incident to be reported just lately. Simply yesterday, a 23-year-old girl was lacking overboard from P&O Cruises Australia’s ship Pacific Explorer close to Australia, and he or she was discovered deceased after a search of a number of hours.
In late November, a person went overboard from Carnival Valor however was discovered alive within the water and rescued after an intensive search of practically 20 hours.
Cruise Hive’s ideas are with the household and buddies of the girl at this troublesome time, in addition to with crew members and different visitors onboard MSC Meraviglia in mild of this tragic incident on the finish of a vacation getaway.
