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A crew member on the world’s largest cruise liner has died after going overboard on Thursday, the ship’s operator informed Fox Enterprise.
The sufferer, who has not been recognized, went into the water whereas aboard the 1,200-foot-long Icon of the Seas because it was crusing close to San Salvador Island within the Bahamas, about 200 miles east of Nassau, in line with studies.
It’s unclear how or why the crew member went overboard.
A crew member on Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise liner, has died after going overboard close to San Salvador Island within the Bahamas. The ship docked on the Port of Miami on Jan. 11, 2024. (Mike Stocker/South Florida Solar Sentinel/Tribune Information Service by way of Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
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“Our crew instantly initiated a search and rescue operation, however sadly the crew member handed away,” a spokesperson for Royal Caribbean stated.
“We lengthen our condolences to the crew member’s household and family members. To respect their privateness, we’ve got no further particulars to share.”
The 250,000-ton vessel was reportedly en path to Coco Cay on the time of the incident. Coco Cay is Royal Caribbean’s personal island resort positioned within the Berry Islands of the Bahamas
An overboard alarm was triggered at round 7 p.m., activating the deployment of the ship’s rescue craft, which recovered the crew member, the cruise web site Cruise Hive reported.
The sufferer, who has not been recognized, went into the water whereas aboard the 1,200-foot-long Icon of the Seas because it was crusing close to San Salvador Island within the Bahamas, about 200 miles east of Nassau, in line with studies. The Icon of the Seas arriv (Royal Caribbean)
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The Icon of the Seas is at present crusing a seven-night Jap Caribbean itinerary and shouldn’t be delayed, the outlet reported.
The incident comes after a male passenger went overboard on the identical vessel in Might 2024. The person was introduced again aboard alive however was later pronounced useless by the onboard medical workers.
Final month, a dramatic scene unfolded on a Disney cruise ship when a baby went overboard and her father leaped into the water to avoid wasting her. Each of them had been picked up by the crew’s rescue crew and survived.
A view of the again of the Icon of the Seas not too long ago delivered to Royal Caribbean. (Royal Caribbean Worldwide)
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The Icon of the Seas first entered service in January 2024.
It options 20 decks, 18 of that are open to 7,600 visitors it may host at a time, in line with a truth sheet. It could maintain a crew of as much as 2,350.
The ship was constructed with barely greater than 2,800 visitor cabins spanning 28 codecs.
The vessel has 40 eating and leisure venues together with eight distinct “neighborhoods,” a large water park, a number of swimming pools and revolutionary leisure areas.
Fox Enterprise’ Aislinn Murphy contributed to this report.