A 72-year-old American man is reported to have fallen overboard from a cruise ship forward of its arrival in San Francisco.
The incident occurred at round 6:50 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 1, on The Ruby Princess because it returned from a 5-day spherical journey to Ensenada, Mexico, reported CBS News, citing Princess Cruises.
“Princess Cruises is saddened to report {that a} 72-year-old American male is believed to have gone overboard earlier right now forward of the arrival of Ruby Princess into San Francisco,” learn the assertion launched by the cruise line, per the outlet.
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A spokesperson for the cruise line additionally confirmed to NBC News that that they had “labored all through the day with native authorities,” to try to find the lacking passenger.
“CCTV footage has additionally been extensively reviewed and the ship was searched totally a number of instances with out success,” NBC Information added.
“Having dominated out different potentialities, that is being handled as a person overboard incident,” the corporate concluded, per the outlet.
Princess Cruises confirmed to ABC News that “the person was touring alone” and that he was feared lifeless.
They added that his identification had not but been launched and prolonged their “heartfelt condolences to the household and associates,” per the outlet.
U.S. Customs and Border Safety has now taken over the investigation, per a number of shops.
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Per ABC Information, the remaining passengers on the Ruby Princess ship disembarked on Monday, Dec. 1. The ship had been scheduled to depart that night on a 16-day voyage to the Hawaiian Islands however the journey was postponed.
The outlet additionally reported particulars of the search from U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson Loumania Stewart. “The primary aircrew was dispatched from Sacramento aboard a C-27 plane at about 3 p.m. to go looking an space about 45 miles off the coast of Monterey.”
“One other Coast Guard crew was despatched from San Francisco aboard a helicopter at about 4 p.m.”, Stewart added.
Princess Cruises and the U.S. Coast Guard didn’t instantly reply to PEOPLE when contacted for additional data.
