Fort Lauderdale, FL – The U.S. Coast Guard said on Wednesday it was searching for a British crew member who went overboard from a Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd
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Arron Hough, 20, went overboard 267 miles (430 km) off the northwest of Puerto Rico on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Coast Guard 7th District told Reuters in a telephone interview.
At the time the Coast Guard became aware of the incident, the Harmony of the Seas ship was traveling from its home port of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to its first stop of St. Maarten island on its seven-day Caribbean itinerary, the Miami Herald newspaper had reported earlier.
The Coast Guard said it continued its search for Hough with an airplane and cutter ship.
Royal Caribbean Cruises said the missing person was a member of the “entertainment team” onboard Harmony of the Seas and that he did not show up for work on Tuesday.
“We are saddened to report that after a review of the ship’s closed-circuit camera footage, he was observed entering an area on Deck 5 at around 4am and was not seen again”, Royal Caribbean told Reuters in an emailed statement.
“Local authorities were notified and a ship-wide search for the crew member was conducted.”
The UK Foreign Office said it was providing assistance to the family of the missing person, according to a statement cited by Sky News.
Long eaten by the sharks.
The brave CG are working
without pay.
Goyish kop. How hard would it be to make the rail a bit higher? How many people have fallen of the Empire State building?
The railings on these cruise ships are just too low. I can’t understand why there is no federal legislation, which would mandate that any cruise ship leaving from an American port, have a certain minimum height, which would ensure the safety of passengers and crew? The cruise industry is very reluctant to make any changes. For example, for many years it fought the requirement about placing peepholes on the doors of passenger cabins; peepholes on hotel doors throughout the USA, have been in place for many decades. However, it was only a few years ago, that such devices were finally implemented on cruise ships leaving from the USA.
To #2 - Get real, will you, and check your facts. Members of the U.S. Armed Forces (including the Coast Guard), are exempt from the federal shutdown, and are in fact receiving full pay.
To #4 - You are dead wrong about the cruise industry, as the U.S. Coast Guard regulates safety and sanitation standards of any foreign cruise ship, which operates out of a USA port. Secondly, I could care less about the TSA not getting paid. They are lazy, useless and worthless, and steal cash and other valuables from unsuspecting travelers. According to a recent report, FIFTY PER CENT of them, have been written up for infractions.