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By Emily Mae Czachor

Updated on: April 4, 2023 / 7:09 PM EDT / CBS News

A Virgin Voyages cruise passenger died on board the ship Sunday night, after the guest "went over their balcony onto a lower deck," the company has confirmed.

The ship, which departed PortMiami earlier on Sunday, returned immediately to shore after the passenger's fatal fall at around 9:30 p.m. local time,  CBS Miami  reported. The company did not provide any information about the passenger who died.

Virgin Voyages said the incident happened shortly after the cruise ship's departure. The company has not provided details about what may have caused the guest's fall.

"On Sunday, shortly after departure there was a medical emergency involving one of our passengers," the statement from Virgin Voyages read. "This passenger went over their balcony onto a lower deck, and despite receiving immediate medical attention, has passed away."

The company said it is "deeply saddened by this loss of life," adding that "our hearts and thoughts are with this person's loved ones."

Virgin Voyages confirmed that the cruise ship was "immediately redirected back to Miami" after the incident. The company also said it is working closely with local officials as an investigation gets underway into the circumstances surrounding the passenger's death.

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A passenger aboard a Virgin Voyages cruise ship out of Miami died on Sunday after falling from a balcony on the Valiant Lady vessel, a Virgin Voyages spokesperson confirmed on Monday.

"Yesterday evening shortly after departure, there was a medical emergency involving one of our passengers," the spokesperson said. "This passenger went over their balcony onto a lower deck, and despite receiving immediate medical attention, has passed away."

A passenger aboard the Virgin Voyages Valiant Lady, a sister ship of the Scarlet Lady, fell from their balcony and onto a lower deck, ultimately dying. (Virgin Voyages / Fox News)

The ship was on its way to Roatan, Honduras when the passenger fell.

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Immediately after the incident, the ship was redirected back to its starting port, in Miami, Florida .

The Valiant Lady arrived in Miami during the early hours on Sunday morning and has since departed and resumed the voyage, the spokesperson said, and adjustments have been made to the itinerary.

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"We are deeply saddened by this loss of life and our hearts and thoughts are with this person’s loved ones," the Virgin Voyages spokesperson said.

Virgin declined to comment on the details about the passenger, saying the incident is a "highly sensitive and extremely sad situation." The spokesperson said it is Virgin's priority to protect the privacy of the family and not disclose personal information.

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The Valiant Lady made its "MerMaiden" voyage on Nov. 4, 2022, and can carry 2,700 passengers and a crew of about 1,150.

A passenger was killed after an incident on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship

• A passenger died after an incident on Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas. 
• The cruise ship was traveling from Florida to the Bahamas.
• The passenger was injured on the cruise and died at a medical facility. 

A passenger was killed after an incident on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship on Saturday, the cruise line told Business Insider in a statement.

The passenger — a 16-year-old boy — died after he fell from a balcony and landed on the deck, TMZ first reported , citing passengers on board. BI could not independently verify the passenger's age or details regarding the fall.

The passenger was sailing on Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas from Port Canaveral, Florida, to Nassau, Bahamas, a source told BI. He later died at a medical facility.

Royal Caribbean declined to confirm how the passenger died to BI. A passenger on board told Fox News an announcement was made requesting that passengers donate blood.

A photo published by Fox News showed several balconies on the cruise barricaded with yellow tape. Another photo showed what appears to be a blue tent set up behind a grey partition and a uniformed person standing nearby. BI could not independently verify the authenticity of these photos.

"We are saddened to learn of the passing of a guest and our hearts go out to the family. Out of respect for them, we won't provide any further comment," Royal Caribbean told BI.

Additional boating incidents have occurred in recent months. In April, a passenger was killed after they fell off a Virgin Voyages cruise and landed on the ship's lower deck. In August, a crew member was killed after falling overboard from a Viking Cruises ship.

Correction — Nov. 29, 2023: This story has been corrected to more accurately reflect the cruise line's comment to Business Insider that the passenger died after an incident on the cruise ship. Royal Caribbean did not state how the passenger died.

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Cruise Passenger, 23, Reportedly Falls Overboard After Texting Wife He Felt Seasick

A 23-year-old passenger is presumed dead  after falling from the MSC Euribia cruise ship, according to multiple reports .

Liam Jones, a social work student from Scotland, was last seen on March 16 while on a seven-day tour cruise from Southampton to Amsterdam with his family, the  Daily Record reports .

Jones’ wife, Sophia Mcphee, 20, told the outlet that Jones texted her right before his disappearance to tell her he was feeling seasick. 

“He’s just gone. I’m never going to see him again,” Mcphee told the Daily Record . “I’m devastated. I have so many questions, and I’m not getting any answers to what’s happened.”

Mcphee told U.K.’s Metro that Jones’ sister broke the news to her on the phone and explained that security camera footage showed Jones falling overboard. 

“She said there had been an accident and Liam ‘wasn’t coming back.’ She then said she had seen CCTV and he’d gone overboard,” Mcphee recalled. 

But Mcphee said she hasn’t been updated on the investigation since hearing about his disappearance. She told the Daily Record that the last time she had seen Jones was on March 14 when he traveled to visit family in Glasgow before they boarded the cruise the following day.  

“I’ve been trying to get in contact with the MSC since Monday, but it’s been a headache,” Mcphee told the Daily Record. “They’re not getting back to me.”

MSC Cruises didn’t immediately respond to HuffPost’s requests for comment. 

Police reportedly boarded the cruise ship on March 22 to investigate the incident upon its return to Southampton, Metro reports. 

The cruise line suspects the man intentionally went overboard, Fox10 News reports .

In a statement to the Daily Record, MSC Cruises said it is “deeply saddened” by the news of Jones’ disappearance. 

“A passenger on board MSC Euribia was reported missing, who we believe intentionally went overboard, on 17 March as the ship sailed from Hamburg to Rotterdam,” the cruise line said. 

“The authorities have been informed and have been on board the vessel. We are deeply saddened by this news and our thoughts are with the family at this very difficult time,” the statement continued. “Out of respect for the family’s privacy we will refrain from disclosing any additional information.” 

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Carnival cruise ship passenger falls overboard, found alive hours later.

A Carnival cruise ship passenger fell overboard into the Gulf of Mexico and was found alive against all odds on Thanksgiving Day — more than 15 hours after vanishing, officials said Friday.

“[It’s] just one of those Thanksgiving miracles,”  Lt. Seth Gross of the US Coast Guard, told CNN.

The missing 28-year-old man, who hasn’t been identified, was with his sister at the Carnival Valor’s bar at 11 p.m. Wednesday when he took a bathroom break and never came back, the outlet reported .

The sibling didn’t report her brother gone until noon the next day,  prompting the Cozumel, Mexico-bound ship to retrace its sailing path toward New Orleans Thursday, Carnival spokesperson Matt Lupoli told the outlet.

Carnival reported the incident to the US Coast Guard at around 2:30 p.m. and search crews quickly launched a rescue mission by land and sea over a 200-mile area. 

They found the passenger in the 70-degree water, about 20 miles south of  Louisiana’s Southwest Pass at 8:25 p.m. — after getting a tip from someone on a bulk carrier who’d spotted him, rescuers told the local station KPLC TV . 

The passenger — who was showing signs of hypothermia, shock and dehydration — told rescuers he wasn’t sure how he’d fallen overboard but confirmed he’d been on the cruise ship.

 The man was rushed to a hospital in New Orleans and was being evaluated, officials said. He was in stable condition Friday.

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Overall, the lucky guy likely survived bobbing in the water for more than 15 hours — which Gross called “the absolute longest that I’ve heard about.”

“I think it kind of blows the norm, the normalcy, out of the water here, and really just shows the will to live is something that you need to account for in every search-and-rescue case,” he told CNN.

“He realistically could have been in the water for 15-plus hours before we were able to successfully rescue him,” Gross said.

He said it was unclear where the man fell in the water and how.

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TUI Mein Schiff 6 cruise ship passenger dies after falling 4 decks down from her cabin balcony onto a lifeboat

A fatal accident occurred onboard the cruise ship Mein Schiff 6 of the Hamburg -based shipping company TUI Cruises . A passenger fell from his balcony cabin onto a lifeboat 4 decks below on Friday night, October 14.

Turkish media reported that the dead person was a woman. 

TUI confirmed the death of a passenger on Saturday afternoon. A spokeswoman for the line said the investigation to clarify the cause had been initiated and handed over to the responsible authorities.

Reportedly, the woman and her husband occupied the balcony cabin on deck 10/Perle , and the man informed the ship's Reception Desk about the overboard.

The 2540-passenger ship Mein Schiff 6 was in the Aegean Sea en route from Crete towards Antalya (Turkey) when the alarm went off at ~1 am (10 pm UTC) on Friday morning.

The lifeboats/tender boats are hanging in the area of ​​ deck 6/Boje , firmly attached to the ship. Above them, there are the balcony cabins on Mein Schiff 6.

The body of the cruiser is now in Antalya's forensic medicine department where an autopsy is to be performed. 

Mein Schiff 6 stayed at the port of Antalya on Saturday longer than scheduled. The ship left Turkey on Sunday night and headed to Alexandria (Egypt) , part of a 17-day relocation voyage via the Suez Canal (RepositionCruises.com) from Antalya to Doha (Qatar) .

For more Mein Schiff 6 incidents and accidents see the ship's CruiseMinus page .

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Royal Caribbean Passenger, 41, Falls Overboard Off South Carolina Coast

“I instantly felt sick to my stomach knowing that one of our fellow travelers had been lost at sea,” another passenger said

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A 41-year-old man fell overboard on a Royal Caribbean   cruise ship bound for the Bahamas on Sunday, officials said.

The U.S. Coast Guard  announced on X , formerly known as Twitter, that it launched a search for the man who went over from the Vision of the Seas cruise about 127 miles east of Charleston, S.C., at around 11 a.m. local time.

In a  second update  issued just before 7:30 p.m. local time, the agency said that search efforts were suspended after about "8 hours" during which time crews “searched more than 1,625 square miles” in the area where the man fell.

A Royal Caribbean spokesperson confirmed the incident to PEOPLE, saying that the "ship and crew immediately reported the incident to local authorities and launched a search and rescue mission."

"Out of privacy for the guest and their family, we have no additional details to share," their statement added.

Authorities received a call at about 7:17 p.m. on Sunday about the passenger who had fallen from the ship, which was headed to the Bahamas, according to  The   Post and Courier . 

The Coast Guard then dispatched a rescue crew in a C-130 airplane from Elizabeth City, N.C., after 11 p.m., and another C-130 crew from Clearwater, Fla., to relieve the first crew, per the outlet. 

The ship's captain informed fellow passengers that a passenger had fallen overboard, passenger Jake Utzinger told the paper. Utzinger, who was on vacation on the cruise with his girlfriend’s family, said he was lying in bed around 7:45 p.m. when the captain gave the update. 

“I instantly felt sick to my stomach knowing that one of our fellow travelers had been lost at sea,” he said.

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After the announcement, Utzinger told  The   Post and Courier  that the 21-year-old, his girlfriend and several other passengers went to the deck to offer an “extra pair of eyes” with the search efforts.

Utzinger said the crew also stopped the ship and dropped a strobe lamp to search for the passenger, according to the newspaper. However, their search efforts were unsuccessful after six hours.

He said the ship continued its voyage around 2 a.m. to its next destination, Port Canaveral, Fla. The ship will then travel through the Bahamas before returning to its origin in Baltimore on Saturday.

“It’s definitely going to be rough continuing this voyage knowing that a family is missing their loved one," Utzinger said.

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The Coast Guard recovered the body of a woman who fell overboard from a cruise ship that was returning to Florida early Thursday.

A 36-year-old woman, who was not publicly identified, was found 18 miles from the shore of Port Canaveral, according to the Coast Guard's Southeast district. She was on the MSC Meraviglia, which is owned and operated by MSC Cruises.

The company offering the woman's family condolences in a statement Thursday and explained that ship's "advanced detection systems" alerted staff members to an overboard passenger.

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Cruise passenger who fell overboard tells how he survived 15 hours in the water and battled ‘sea creature’

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James Michael Grimes’ Thanksgiving was unorthodox.

After winning an air guitar contest, he toppled off the side of a cruise ship , battled a "sea creature," treaded water for more than half a day, and survived on bamboo — or maybe just some kind of stick — until the Coast Guard picked him up the next day.

And, according to him, though alcohol was consumed, it did not play a part in the chain of events.

Mr Grimes, 28, survived a harrowing 15 hours at sea that could have turned tragic had he not managed to keep himself afloat while waves washed over him in the Gulf of Mexico .

Mr Grimes and his sister were on a Carnival cruise ship departing from New Orleans and bound for Cozumel, Mexico on 23 November. At some point that evening, Mr Grimes’ sister noticed he had left to use the restroom and had not returned. After failing to return the following day, she reported him missing and, a few hours later, the Coast Guard was notified that the man had vanished.

According to Mr Grimes, who gave an interview to ABC News’ Good Morning America about his ordeal, that night he had just won an air guitar competition in one of the ship’s lounges and had hit the bar to celebrate.

He said he did not have "tons" of drinks and that he "couldn’t really say" how much booze he had actually consumed, but assured the interviewer he was not drunk at the time.

Whatever the case, the next thing he remembers is floating around in the Gulf of Mexico without a ship in sight.

He treaded water for hours, noting during the interview that he was terrified of drowning and was desperate to see his family again.

"I wanted to see my family and I was dead set on making it out of there, you know. I was never accepting that this is it. This is going to be the end of my life," he said during the interview.

As he fought to stay above the waves, Mr Grimes claims he had an encounter with a "sea creature" that he initially worried could have been a shark. He claims the creature had a fin and bumped his leg, spooking him to the point where he felt the need to kick at the animal.

"I thought it was a shark. I mean, I was swimming in one direction and looked around I seen it out the corner of my eye and it came up on me really quick and went under and I could see it and it wasn’t a shark," he said.

He saw the fish had a "flat mouth" just before it bumped him, prompting him to kick at it.

Mr Grimes had nothing to eat or drink for the duration of his time floating in the Gulf. That’s why when a stick that he says "looked like bamboo" floated by him he scooped it up and began chewing on it. Though he has no idea if it provided any nutritional value, he did note that it at least provided the comfort of tasting something other than salt water.

He began to worry as night fell — the water’s temperature cooled, and his body was running out of energy — but he says he remained positive, believing he had survived for a reason.

"You know, the fall didn’t kill me, you know, sea creatures didn’t eat me, I felt like I was meant to get out of there," he said.

And he did; he was eventually spotted by a passing tanker, which notified the US Coast Guard rescuers. The Coast Guard units arrived on scene and, according to one rescuer, likely found Mr Grimes just in time.

Richard Hoefle, a US Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technician, told 4WWL News that Mr Grimes was "at his limit" when they found him.

"Some people break down and cry, some people are in shock, and they don’t know what’s going on, some people are ecstatic and they act a little crazy because they are so happy to be out of the situation that they’re in," Mr Hoefle said, describing typical reactions of individuals who are rescued. "Mr Grimes had nothing left. He had no energy. He had nothing left to give. My best guess is that he had between a minute and 30 seconds left before we lost him completely."

Mr Grimes said he recalled being secured by Mr Hoefle and remembers "just thinking ‘thank you, you are like a guardian angel.’"

The Coast Guard transported Mr Grimes to a hospital in New Orleans. He was treated for hypothermia and dehydration, and has since been released.

Mr Grimes told Good Morning America that the experience "opened my eyes" and taught him to be mindful of that which he takes for granted. It also left him lacking a proper cruise experience.

"I definitely would be open to go on another cruise," he said, "because I really didn’t get to go on this one."

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Why falling off a cruise ship is so deadly

A 35-year-old Australian man who fell overboard on his way back to Brisbane. A Louisiana teen who jumped ship on a dare. A 7-year-old boy who died after falling into the ocean, followed by his mother, who tried to save him.

Overboard incidents on cruise ships are incredibly rare. But when they happen, they usually end in death, experts say.

The Coast Guard said last week it had given up on its search for 30-year-old Jaylen Hill, who went overboard during a four-day Carnival Cruise trip from Florida to the Bahamas. It searched more than 1,300 square miles for him.

“We offer our deepest condolences to the Hill family,” the Coast Guard said on Twitter.

Hill was reported missing by a travel companion hours after he was last seen. Experts say such time gaps between a fall and the start of a search are a big part of why overboard incidents are so deadly.

Even if crew members are immediately aware of the incident, it takes the average ship at least a mile to turn around. The ship usually dispatches life boats and alerts authorities, such as the Coast Guard, which may not be close enough to assist, said Ross Klein, a cruise industry researcher and retired professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland. In many cases, ships are not aware that someone has gone overboard until a travel partner reports them missing, which could be hours or days later.

By then, it’s often too late.

“It’s a huge ocean. Just being found at all would be incredible,” Klein said. “The longer you are out there, whether you’re alive or not, the lower the possibility of being recovered. The vast majority of people are gone forever.”

Even in cases where a fall is noticed immediately, a lot can go wrong.

“The fall itself can kill you, a cruise ship engine can suck you underneath the water, fear and anxiety or intoxication could prevent you from swimming — there’s many different scenarios,” said Brett Rivkind, a Miami lawyer who specializes in maritime law and represents families in overboard cases. A person can also become unconscious from hypothermia in as little as 15 minutes , depending on sea temperatures.

At least 386 people were reported to have gone overboard, voluntarily or by accident, from 2000 to 2020, according to data Klein compiled. He began tracking overboard cases in 1995 using media reports, tips, information requests and other methods, later serving as an expert witness before Congress.

“People overboard was an area that hadn’t been studied, and, really, there was no data,” he said. “Even within the industry, they said back in 2012 and 2013 before Congress that they don’t keep track of this.”

While it’s true that tens of millions of people vacation on cruise ships every year without incident, experts say a combination of mitigatable risks and loose safety regulations are contributing to deaths.

In a 2020 study , a professor examined more than 620 cruise deaths from 2000 through the end of 2019. He found that overboard incidents — falling, jumping or being thrown — were the leading cause of death among passengers and crew members, accounting for 23 percent of all deaths.

“It’s a lot more common than people think,” said the professor, Travis Heggie, who tracks tourist deaths around the world at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

Death rates for overboard incidents vary significantly among cruise lines, according to Klein’s calculations, which he said proves more can be done to protect passengers.

Only a handful of cruise lines have installed man-overboard systems, which use sensors or other technology to immediately detect when a person has fallen or jumped off the vessel, Klein said. (The Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010 requires vessels to “integrate technology” for detecting falls overboard “to the extent that such technology is available,” and some operators have argued that existing technology is not reliable enough yet.)

The safest cruise lines were able to rescue only 40 percent of overboard passengers, and most save far fewer, he said. The rescue rate was as low as 6 percent on at least one cruise line.

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The amount of alcohol being served on cruise ships is also a concern cited by several experts, who said passengers are being overserved. Alcohol is involved in up to 60 percent of overboard cases, according to Klein, and alcoholic drinks have become one of the leading sources of onboard revenue for cruise lines in recent years.

“Cruise lines make a lot of money serving alcohol,” Rivkind said, “and what they’ve done over the years is, they’ve moved to all-you-can-drink policies. They often allow them to drink as many as 15 alcoholic beverages a day. To me, that’s a big source of the problem.”

Defenders of the industry often characterize cruise ships as a microcosm of a city, with the same problems that come up on land. But Heggie and others disagree.

“Nobody is saying 23 percent of hotel client deaths are from falling off balconies,” he said.

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