A male visitor has been reported lacking and later confirmed overboard from MSC Cruises’ MSC Armonia, the cruise line’s oldest vessel. The incident occurred throughout the ship’s transatlantic voyage from Europe to South America.
MSC Armonia departed Marghera, Italy on Sunday, November 26, 2023 and after varied calls in Europe and the Canary Islands, arrived in Recife, Brazil on Thursday, December 14. The ship’s itinerary has not been impacted by the incident.
Visitor Overboard From MSC Armonia
A 40-year-old male visitor, who has not been formally recognized, is confirmed overboard from MSC Armonia whereas the ship was crossing the Atlantic from the Canary Islands to Brazil as a part of one of many cruise line’s “Grand Voyage” itineraries.
After the visitor was reported lacking at roughly 9 a.m. on Wednesday, December 13 – a number of hours after having final been seen – the ship’s safety performed a evaluate of onboard safety cameras and activated different overboard procedures, together with paging the lacking man over the ship’s public handle system.
Finally, it was decided that the person had gone deliberately overboard at roughly 5 a.m. that morning, and was alone in doing so. No foul play was concerned, although there had been some tense moments between him and his journey associate witnessed by different visitors earlier within the crusing.
No extra particulars in regards to the circumstances of the visitor or how he went overboard have been made out there.
No Additional Investigation to Be Made
After arriving in Recife, Brazil, native authorities coordinated with cruise line personnel to research the incident and concluded that there could be no additional case, as there have been no suspicious circumstances surrounding the occasion. The incident occurred in worldwide waters and the lacking man is barely often called a North American vacationer.
The person’s journey companion was questioned briefly, however launched and was capable of journey on from Recife, although he elected to fly somewhat than proceed on the cruise ship.
The 65,542-gross-ton MSC Armonia is a Lirica class vessel in-built 2001 for Competition Cruises, a now-defunct Greece cruise line that declared chapter in 2004. At the moment, the ship joined MSC Cruises and right this moment is the oldest ship within the MSC fleet.
MSC Armonia can welcome 1,554 visitors onboard at double occupancy or as many as 2,679 vacationers when absolutely booked, although this explicit crusing solely has 1,077 passengers. Additionally onboard are 725 worldwide crew members.
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The ship will stay homeported from Sao Paulo, Brazil by means of mid-March, providing quite a lot of South American itineraries visiting locations in Uruguay, Argentina, and Brazil, relying on the crusing date and cruise size. In April 2024, MSC Armonia will return to the Mediterranean.
Latest Overboards
Sadly, there have been plenty of overboard incidents lately on completely different cruise strains and completely different cruise ships.
In mid-November, a 28-year-old male visitor went overboard from Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Glory. Regardless of an exhaustive search over greater than 5,000 sq. miles within the Gulf of Mexico, that search was finally suspended with out success in finding the person.
Additionally, in mid-November, a crew member went overboard from MSC Cruises’ MSC Seascape within the space simply north of Puerto Rico. Search efforts continued for greater than 30 hours however didn’t find the lacking crew member.
On the finish of November, a 16-year-old male visitor went overboard from a balcony on Royal Caribbean Worldwide’s Attract of the Seas with an equally tragic ending, because the visitor fell to the Oasis-class ship’s Central Park promenade from an inside balcony. The younger visitor later died in a hospital.
Cruise Hive’s ideas are with all members of the family and associates who endure such tragedies throughout what out to be enjoyable and stress-free cruise holidays, in addition to with crew members who should deal with such unsettling incidents.
