We hold grave concerns for his welfare due to his age. However, going by the length of time he would

An 84-year-old man was lost at sea after he reportedly fell off a cruise ship on which he was holidaying. According to ABC News Australia , the man who has not been identified by name, was on board the Sun Princess when the incident took place. A long search and rescue cruise ship ratings operation that was launched after the man fell off was called off after it was advised that the elderly man could not have survived cruise ship ratings being in the water for so long. CCTV images showed the man falling off from the cruise ship from a height of 25 meters.
The cruise ship was due to dock in Sydney on Tuesday morning. However, after it was established that the man was overboard, the ship turned back and started looking for the man without success. A specialist search aircraft was sent in as well to scourge cruise ship ratings the area where the individual was believed to have fallen into the sea. The location where the incident took place is located 175 nautical miles east of Sydney.
Australia s Maritime Safety Authority was involved in the search and rescue operations cruise ship ratings right from the beginning, reports 9 News . However, they have decided to cancel the search based on expert medical advice regarding the man s survivability. AMSA spokesman Mel Larsson said.
We hold grave concerns for his welfare due to his age. However, going by the length of time he would have been in the water and the prevailing cruise ship ratings conditions, it s very difficult to imagine survivability for too long in those circumstances.
cruise ship ratings The owners of the Cruise ship have in statement released earlier confirmed that it intended cruise ship ratings to stay at sea, looking for the lost individual until it was instructed otherwise by authorities. The ship was on a 13-day cruise ship ratings cruise to New Zealand when the incident happened.
Princess Cruises confirms that an 84-year-old male passenger was reported cruise ship ratings missing early today on board Sun Princess, which was on the way to Sydney completing a 13-day New Zealand cruise. A thorough search of Sun Princess cruise ship ratings was conducted but the passenger could not be located. The Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC) in Canberra was contacted and Sun Princess turned around and retraced its path off the coast of New South Wales.