The Coast Guard is searching for a 26-year-old man who was reported overboard from a Carnival cruise ship on the evening of Oct. 24.
The Carnival Dream departed Galveston, Texas, Thursday on a four-day cruise when the guest went overboard, Carnival said in a statement to CNN.
“Based on camera footage, it appears the guest jumped from his stateroom balcony,” the statement said. Command on the ship began search and rescue procedures immediately.
A report came into the Coast Guard around 8:45 p.m. at night, when the ship was about 47 miles southeast of Galveston, the Coast Guard said.
An urgent marine information broadcast was issued, and a helicopter crew and aircrew were deployed.
Carnival said a CareTeam is assisting the man’s family.
Earlier this month, a man was left in critical condition after he fell on a cruise ship off the coast of Louisiana.
The 23-year-old man fell about 16 feet on the ship, prompting a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew to arrive on the scene near Venice, Louisiana, KATC reported.
The man was taken from the Carnival Valor to a New Orleans hospital in critical condition on Oct. 8, said the Coast Guard in a news release.
Other Carnival Cruise Incidents
Two men were reported overboard from Carnival cruises last December.
A 22-year-old man with autism was on a cruise to Mexico with a nonprofit organization that works with disabled adults when he climbed over a deck rail, according to the cruise line.
“He loved cruises. Although we are devastated by his death, we are thankful he was there with people we loved and trusted when he died,” according to a family statement.
Days earlier, a 26-year-old man went overboard from a ship 35 miles south of the Florida Keys, sparking search and rescue efforts.
The CNN Wire and Epoch Times reporter Jack Phillips contributed to this report.
