Woman falls overboard from Carnival cruise ship off Mexico

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The ship arrived back its home port of New Orleans on Thursday morning, Carnival said. However, after 14 hours of searching, the Coast Guard announced that it suspended its mission. As many cases are often deadly, many cruise lines have installed surveillance cameras and employed additional safety measures to help reduce risk. Barnette said that as the woman was falling, she banged her head on the side of a lifeboat.

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Royal Caribbean's tally is 55; there have been 28 for Norwegian Cruise Line and 24 passengers or crew went overboard on Princess Cruise Lines - also owned by Carnival - in the last 11 years, according to the site. The 952-foot, 110,000-ton Carnival Valor can carry 2,980 passengers and 180 crew members. It has 13 decks and it was built in 2004 before being refurbished in 2008. According to the passenger claiming to be a witness, the woman was detained but managed to break free and jumped off the deck. Other passengers aboard the ship have been posting messages on Facebook about their experiences. The Coast Guard was contacted about the incident at around 3pm on Wednesday and sent out two sets of helicopter aircrews to locate the woman.

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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Coast Guard is searching for a missing cruise ship passenger approximately 150 miles offshore SouthWest Pass, Louisiana. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans then directed the launch of rescue crews to begin searching. NEW ORLEANS -- Authorities are searching for a missing passenger who reportedly jumped off of a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico. The United States Coast Guard is looking for a handcuffed woman who disappeared after jumping over the rail of a Carnival Cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico. According to witnesses, an altercation unfolded Wednesday afternoon in the “hot tub area” on the 10th floor of the ship, which was about 150 miles from the coast of Southwest Pass, Louisiana. “Whenever they got to take her into custody, apparently she was upset and went over the rail.” Other witnesses claim the woman, 32, hit lifeboats when she jumped before disappearing into the water.

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The spokesperson added that the privacy of the deceased's family is a priority and that the company is not disclosing additional information at this time. The ship was returning from a five-day cruise to Mexico that departed New Orleans on February 12 and was due back Thursday morning. Emil Avenarius, of Pensacola, Florida, who took the cruise after retiring from a 31-year-career in law enforcement, told the outlet he headed to the scene when he heard the “Man overboard” call. The passenger’s grandmother told NBC News his passenger card was last used at the ship’s casino and later at his cabin, adding his phone was left in his room and his bed wasn’t slept in. Lupoli says the woman was traveling with her husband on a five-day cruise to Mexico. The Spectrum of the Seas, a 1,139-foot-long behemoth that can carry up to about 4,900 passengers, was returning from a four-day round-trip cruise to Malaysia, according to CruiseMapper.

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The woman is then seen struggling as the guards try and hold her arms behind her back. At one point, the woman can be heard screaming "Alicia" before being escorted away by security.

According to FOX 8, the crew tried to mark her location with flares, and the ship searched the waters for hours. The Coast Guard said it received a call Wednesday afternoon that a 32-year-old African American woman had fallen overboard from the Carnival Valor cruise ship about 150 miles offshore of Southwest Pass, Louisiana. A search that was underway for a guest who jumped overboard Wednesday night from the Carnival Horizon ship has reportedly ended after the body was found. The Coast Guard received a call Wednesday afternoon that a 32-year-old woman had fallen overboard from the Carnival Valor cruise ship about 150 miles from Southwest Pass, Louisiana, authorities said.

A company spokesperson said the ship’s command immediately began search and rescue procedures and returned to the area near where the incident occurred and notified the U.S. The clip cuts off and then shows passengers rushing to the edge of the ship looking over the balcony after the woman had reportedly already jumped into the water. Video obtained by FOX 8 showed a woman being escorted off of a pool deck by security. The video then cut to moments after the woman jumped and people are seen rushing to the edge of the ship. NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard was searching for a missing cruise ship passenger approximately 150 miles off of Louisiana. NEW ORLEANS (NewsNation Now) — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a cruise ship passenger who jumped from her balcony into the sea and is missing in the Gulf of Mexico.

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According to the company's website, the Carnival Miracle accommodates more than 2,100 guests and 934 crew members. It sails from Long Beach, San Diego and San Francisco to Alaska, Hawaii and Mexico. "Our thoughts are with the guest and her family, and our Care Team is providing support," Carnival said in a statement.

“The ship and crew immediately reported the incident to local authorities and launched a search and rescue operation. The shipboard team is working with local authorities, and our Care team is now offering assistance and support to the family,” Royal Caribbean told The Post in an email before Apoorv announced the death. The 952-foot, 110,000-ton cruise ship -- which holds approximately 4,000 passengers and crew -- embarked on a five-day voyage from New Orleans to Mexico and back on Saturday, ABC affiliate station WNGO reported. A woman detained aboard a Carnival cruise ship reportedly jumped to her death in the Gulf of Mexico.

Carnival Valor supported the search for a guest who jumped overboard from her balcony on Wednesday evening while the ship was at sea. The ship’s command immediately began search and rescue procedures, returned to the area near where the incident occurred and notified the U.S. Carnival’s CARE team is providing support to the guest’s husband who was traveling with her, as well as her family. “The ship’s command immediately began search and rescue procedures, returned to the area near where the incident occurred and notified the U.S. Carnival’s CARE team is providing support to the guest’s husband who was traveling with her, as well as her family,” Lupoli said in a statement. “Carnival Valor supported the search for a guest who jumped overboard from her balcony on Wednesday afternoon while the ship was at sea.

Several passengers have told WAFB that the woman jumped after an incident between her and a man in the hot tub area on the 10th deck. The cell phone footage obtained by Fox 8 shows the 32-year-old woman being restrained by security guards who hold her hands behind her back as she screams “Alicia” before being led away from the pool deck. A woman fell off a Carnival Cruise Line ship balcony and into the Pacific Ocean early Saturday, spurring an international search effort. This latest incident took place two months after a woman fell to her death in the Pacific Ocean after falling overboard on another Carnival ship, spurring an international search effort. 'Carnival's CARE team is providing support to the guest's husband who was traveling with her,' Carnival said in a statement.

Carnival has the most number of passengers and crew that have fallen overboard since 2000, a total of 73, according to the website CruiseJunkie.com. (WBTV) - Passengers who were on a Carnival cruise ship Memorial Day weekend are sharing their “nightmare” moments after the ship sailed through a storm, leaving behind reported damage. "Yesterday evening shortly after departure there was a medical emergency involving one of our passengers," says the spokesperson. Rescue crews were searching for a 32-year-old woman who apparently jumped off of the ship on Wednesday.