Cruise news (deaths-tagged)
- Accidents
35-year-old passenger overboard from CCL's ship Carnival Magic
A CCL-Carnival Cruise Line passenger went overboard on the Carnival Magic ship on Monday, May 29th. USCG crews were searching for the 35-year-old...
May 31, 2023 - Accidents
Carnival Splendor cruise passenger dead after snorkeling on Mystery Island (Vanuatu)
A passenger on a CCL-Carnival cruise ship died while swimming on Mystery Island in Vanuatu. In a statement, Carnival Australia said it was...
May 23, 2023 - Accidents
Passenger medevaced from Princess Cruises' ship Regal Princess
There was a medical evacuation via helicopter winch on Princess Cruises' ship Regal Princess on May 4th, 2023. The casualty was lifted from the aft...
May 9, 2023 - Accidents
Nagasaki Port pilot dies after trying to board Diamond Princess cruise ship
Nagasaki Port pilot fell in the water at ~5:30 Tokyo time (~20:30 UTC) on Friday, May 5th, while boarding Princess Cruises' Diamond Princess ship...
May 6, 2023 - Accidents
Passenger on Spirit of Tasmania II ferry dies after going overboard
A male passenger on Spirit of Tasmania 2 cruiseferry has reportedly died after going overboard. The man's body was recovered from the water...
April 30, 2023 - Accidents
Search called off for Quantum OTS passenger who went overboard near Hawaii
The USCG/US Coast Guard called off its search for an Australian believed to have fallen overboard from a Royal Caribbean liner repositioning from...
April 28, 2023 - Accidents
At least 11 dead after Indonesian ferryboat capsizes near Sumatra Island
Badan Nasional Pencarian dan Pertolongan (Indonesia's national search and rescue agency) reported that the ferryboat Evelyn Calista 01 capsized off...
April 28, 2023 - Accidents
Australian passenger overboard on Royal Caribbean cruise ship Quantum OTS bound for Hawaii
A search is still underway for an Australian cruise passenger who fell off an RCI-Royal Caribbean cruise ship bound for Hawaii. The man went...
April 27, 2023 - Accidents
18-year-old passenger goes overboard from Costa Toscana cruise ship
Italian authorities have discovered the deceased body of a teenager who fell overboard from a Costa Cruises ship, the Costa Toscana, after departing...
April 18, 2023 - Accidents
Virgin Voyages cruise passenger dead after falling from balcony on another guest
A woman on a Virgin Voyages cruise ship from PortMiami Florida died after falling from a balcony on the ship on Sunday, April 2nd, reportedly...
April 4, 2023 - Accidents
At least 31 people killed after ferry catches fire between Philippine islands
A passenger ferryboat carrying ~250 people (passengers plus crew) caught fire while navigating between Philippine islands. At least 31 people were...
March 30, 2023 - Accidents
At least 3 dead, 13 missing after boat accident off St Kitts, P&O Britannia helping search
A P&O UK liner with British tourists onboard is helping search for passengers of a boat that sank in the Caribbean off the coast of St Kitts. At...
March 30, 2023 - Accidents
Search off Gisborne NZ suspended after Ovation OTS cruise passenger spots body in water
A search by two rescue helicopters last night off the coast of Gisborne (New Zealand) where a cruise ship passenger reportedly saw a body floating in...
March 17, 2023 - Accidents
Death toll in Gabon ferryboat accident rises to 21
Search teams in Gabon recovered the dead bodies of 15 passengers of the ferry that sank off the West African country's coast last week, thus bringing...
March 15, 2023 - Accidents
At least 2 dead, 28 missing after ferry sinks off Port-Gentil (Gabon)
At least 2 people were killed while 28 others are missing after a ferry sank off Gabon's western coast on Thursday, March 9th. After having earlier...
March 10, 2023