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Technically you can fall off a cruise ship. Research by the CLIA shows that in every man overboard incident recorded between 2009 and 2019, it was found to be an “intentional or reckless act.”
A person may fall overboard for any number of reasons: they might have been struck by one of the ship's booms, they may have lost their footing on a slippery deck or while climbing the ship's ratlines, they may have deliberately jumped overboard in a suicide attempt, or any number of other reasons. Falling overboard is one of the most dangerous ...
After looking for him around the ship to no avail, she said, she notified the cruise line, which began an hourslong search that ended with the U.S. Coast Guard rescuing 29-year-old Grimes from the ...
Even though the 1,178 person capacity of its 20 lifeboats slightly exceeded the required 1,060, it still fell over 2,000 shy of the ship's maximum carrying load of 3,330 people. The need for so many more lifeboats on the decks of passenger ships after 1912 led to the use of most of the deck space available even on the large ships, creating the ...
A 72-year-old American man is reported to have fallen overboard from a cruise ship ahead of its arrival in San Francisco. The incident happened at around 6:50 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, on The Ruby ...
On 16 January, violent waters shifted the ship about 1.5 centimetres (0.6 in), interrupting rescue work [82] —trap doors were shut and debris fell on rescuers [73] —and giving rise to fear that the ship could be pushed into 68-metre (224 ft) deep waters [82] or that the fuel could leak. [83] Operations resumed about three hours later. [82]
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