A 44-year-old woman is missing after being "seen going overboard" the Carnival Triumph cruise ship on Sunday. (REUTERS/Lyle Ratliff)
A woman aboard a Carnival cruise ship fell overboard on Sunday, marking the second time within two days a passenger on the cruise line’s ships has fallen off the ship.
An unidentified 44-year-old woman was “seen going overboard” on the Carnival Triumph, which was traveling to Mexico from New Orleans, the Miami Herald reported, citing a statement from the company.
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“All appropriate authorities have been notified and Carnival’s CARE Team is providing support and assistance to the guest’s family,” Vance Gulliksen, a spokesperson for the company, told the newspaper.
The woman went missing on the second day of the Triumph's five-day cruise from New Orleans to Mexico. (REUTERS/Lyle Ratliff)
The Mexican Navy is no longer assisting in search-and-rescue operations, according to Gulliksen, and efforts to find the missing woman are now being conducted by Mexican authorities by sea and air.
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The ship, once dubbed the "poop cruise," was on the second day of a five-day cruise.
The incident is the second time in a week that a Carnival passenger has fallen overboard. A woman, who fell from the balcony of her Carnival Elation balcony on Friday morning, plunged “several decks below” and died.