USCG Searching for Overboard Cruise Ship Passenger

Emergency responders are searching for a woman who reportedly fell from a cruise ship roughly 22 nautical miles off the coast of Cuba, Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard reported.

 

The Coast Guard said watchstanders at its 7th District command center received the initial report at approximately 7 p.m. Thursday from the crew aboard Norwegian Pearl stating that a woman had fallen from the deck of the ship.

 

Coast Guard Cutter Alligator and an aircrew aboard a C-130 from Air Station Clearwater have been deployed to search for the woman.