Falling Off Cruise Ship

In 2017 alone 17 individuals fell overboard and thus far in 2018 five people have been reported as falling overboard.

Falling off cruise ship. Of the roughly 22 million people who took a cruise in 2015 there were 27 incidents of passengers falling overboard. Note that the cruise lines do not release information about overboard incidents. Divers frantically searching in the dark for a person believed to have fallen off a Royal Caribbean cruise ship have made a tragic discovery finding the body of a man.

In the global cruise industry one or two people are statistically likely to fall overboard from a cruise ship each month and somewhere between 17 and 25 are rescued according to Kleins. Fellow passengers could hear the woman screamin. If it happens at night youll be waiting to be rescued while its pitch black if you get rescued at all.

If you survive the fall you have to hope that someone realizes youre gone right away and tells the ship to come back for you. You cant just fall off a cruise ship its virtually impossible. On average around 25 people fall off cruise ships per year.

And when delivered by an intense newscaster reporting on a family. Eighteen-month-old Chloe Wiegand fell from the open window of a cruise ship docked in Puerto Rico in July. Wild about 19 people fall off of cruise ships or ferries every year.

Falling overboard is one of the rarest events that can happen on cruise ships and there are specific safety standards in place to reduce the risk. Between 2009 and 2016 there were 8 deaths tied to overboard incidents. High railings on public decks prevent passengers.

The news in recent days has been dominated by the story of Kay Longstaff a woman who claims to have fallen off Norwegian Star. Royal Caribbean Cruises filed a motion this month asking the federal court in the Southern District of Florida to dismiss a suit by the family of the toddler Chloe Rae Margaret Wiegand who died. You Cant Just Fall Off A Cruise Ship.