A FRANTIC search was launched for a cruise ship passenger who went over board throughout a visit sure for the Bahamas.

The search was deserted on Thursday night time after the 51-year-old man, who has not been named, couldn’t be discovered.

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The person had been on board Norwegian Cruise Line’s boat Norwegian Epic, crusing northbound from Ocho Rios, Jamaica, to the Bahamas when he went overboard at round 3pm on Thursday.

It isn’t presently identified what prompted the person to enter the water.

A spokesperson for Norwegian Cruise Line advised the Day by day Mail: “The authorities had been instantly notified, and a search and rescue operation underneath the steering and oversight of the Bahamas Rescue Coordination Heart went underway.”

After the search was declared unsuccessful, the ship was “launched by the authorities to proceed its voyage”.

The person who went overboard was travelling with a big group, together with his household.

His members of the family are being “attended to and supported throughout this very difficult state of affairs,” the cruise liner spokesperson added.

The ship departed Port Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday and is presently on a seven-night western Caribbean voyage.

After the search was referred to as off the vessel was cleared by the US Coast Guard to proceed with the cruise, however is now being diverted to the Bahamas capital, Nassau, slightly than Nice Stirrup Cay island.

Passengers on board posted movies to social media filming the water within the fast aftermath the place they shared the little info they’d.

The primary video referencing the state of affairs went up on X at 3:35 pm.

The lady behind the digital camera stated: “They put a flare, they’re circulating.

“We did a whole circle on the lookout for the man that jumped off the boat.

“He jumped, he fell and bounced off of one in all these [lifeboats] and fell within the water.”

It can’t be verified that the person jumped.

One passenger onboard the ship stated the captain had suggested friends that the person remained lacking earlier than letting them know the boat was being diverted. 

Cruise Hive reported that the sundown within the Bahamas on December 26 was 5:18 pm, so there have been solely a pair hours of fine daylight out there for the search earlier than it grew to become harder at the hours of darkness.

The location additionally stated that onboard bulletins advised passengers the person who went overboard was carrying a blue shirt on the time of the autumn.

The Holland America Line occurred to be close by and steamed towards the placement to attempt to assist in the rescue.

Crew members reportedly shot a flare within the water to mark the ship’s place when the ‘man overboard’ was reported.

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