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A passenger on Royal Caribbean's mega ship Oasis of the Seas is commenting on Cruise alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport Critic that the Captain announced earlier this afternoon that the cruise ship was turning around to search for a missing person.
If this information is correct, then this is the fourth overboard from Royal Caribbean cruise ships this year. On May 6th we reported on Royal Caribbean crew member alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport Satianand (Satyanand) Buddaru who disappeared from the Explorer of the Seas - Crew Member Overboard from Royal Caribbean's Explorer of the Seas
In March a crew member employed by Park West Gallery jumped overboard from the Radiance of the Seas . Our stories about the incident are available here: Man Overboard Reported on Radiance of the Seas and here Master of Radiance of the Seas Praised for Rapid Response to Crew Overboard .
These type of incidents raise questions whether this cruise line has adequate security systems in place to address the issue of passenger and crew member overboards. Last year, the popular web site Jaunted published an article Enough With People Jumping Off Cruise Ships Already! The article refers to . . . an assistant purser on Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Seas (who) apparently hated his job so much that he couldn't wait until he was back on land to quit, hopping overboard alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport as the ship steamed from Key West to Miami . . . Fortunately, he was rescued.
Royal Caribbean has had more than its share of unexplained disappearances of passengers and crew, including the very disturbing case of Mirrian Carver who vanished from the Mercury cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean's subsidiary Celebrity Cruises. ABC's Primetime covered the story in an article Cruise Cover-Up? Cruise Line Doesn't Notify Anyone When Woman Disappears On Second Day Of Trip .
Cruise lines like Royal Caribbean have a reputation of being very secretive when people go overboard. Following the last crew overboard from the Explorer of the Seas, we received sixty-three (63) comments to our article. Most of the comments were from passengers or crew members on the Royal Caribbean cruise ship. Passengers are often the only source of accurate and timely information when things go wrong on the high seas.
The Coast Guard News identifies the crew member alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport as 45 year old Dillon Roache, of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The Coast Guard states that Mr. Roache was confirmed overboard between Nassau and St. Thomas. This means that the cruise ship's surveillance cameras captured images of the crew member going overboard. As we have mentioned in prior articles, Royal Caribbean apparently does not monitor alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport its exterior cameras alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport or use technology to alert the bridge when the security cameras detect persons going overboard.
Many male crew members from St. Vincent work as manual laborers (utility cleaners, night cleaners, etc.). The work is hard and the pay is as low as $137 for 85 hour work week. Read Screwed If By Sea for an idea of the working conditions on Royal Caribbean.
The Virgin Islands Daily News reports that according to a statement issued by Royal Caribbean, about 1 p.m. on Monday, May 24th the Oasis of the Seas crew reported that one of their co-workers was missing. Security searched the ship and paged the missing crew member, then contacted the U.S. Coast Guard and the Bahamian Coast Guard. According to the newspaper, closed circuit camera footage revealed that the missing crew member fell from the ship, Royal Caribbean alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport said. But the cruise line did not disclose the circumstances to explain why the crew member went overboard.
In prior incidents when crew members went overboard from Royal Caribbean alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport cruise ships, the cruise line claimed the crew members jumped. But in this situation, the cruise line has stayed mum. The Norwegian shipping magazine Tradewinds just published an article about this latest disappearance from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship. The article states that the crew member fell' and referred to the incident as a horrific alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport accident. Notably absent from this article, as well as the statements from the Coast Guard or cruise line, is any indication that the crew member was suicidal and jumped.
The Oasis of the Seas has hundreds of closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras. It has several webcams where you can even watch what's happening alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport on the cruise ship from your home computer, like the webcam of the pool and sports zone (above right). Royal Caribbean knows what happened, but is not telling.
This is the type of case where the cruise lines could establish some degree of credibility and transparency with the American public. Instead, this cruise line has defaulted to its usual character of secrecy.
Some passengers returning home from the cruise today have emailed us. A few have left comments, including one passenger, Dave, who writes that the crew member jumped off of deck five at 3 a.m. in the morning and was seen on the camera swimming in the ocean. Can other passengers confirm this? Leave us a comment below if you have information to share . . .
The Caribbean Daily News interviewed the crew member's wife, Doris Roache, who indicated that her husband had worked for Royal Caribbean for five years, and was employed as an assistant waiter. He left St. Vincent on Friday May 21st after spending two months alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport vacation alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport with her. He flew to Miami and stayed in a hotel Friday night and joined the cruise ship on Saturday, May 22nd. The ship sailed at 5 p.m. Saturday evening. Mrs. Roache received a call from her husband between 11:00 -12:00 p.m. Saturday night. He told her he was okay and that the ship was sailing towards the Bahamas. She later received a call on Monday alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport morning, May 24th, between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. from the ship s administration saying that her husband was missing and that he was last seen aboard the ship at 11:00 p.m. Sunday, May 23rd. while the ship was sailing. They said that he did not come to work; he is an assistant waiter and he is never late so they sent somebody to look for him and he was nowhere to be found.
MY PARENTS ARE ABOARD THIS SHIP AND HAVE ALSO STATED THAT IT'S A MALE CREW MEMBER WHO IS MISSING. THE SHIP WAS SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE IN ST. THOMAS TOMORROW, BUT THEY SAID THE CAPTAIN INFORMED alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport EVERYONE THAT THEY WILL REMAIN AT SEA AND CONTINUE THE SEARCH. They also stated that no money will be refunded the passengers.
I am on the Oasis now. Captain just gave an update 30 mins or so ago. We have turned around, headed back to Nassau to search for what he said was a male crew member that is missing, thought to have gone overboard. Will skip St. Thomas, but will continue alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport to St martin after another day at sea tomorrow.
My girlfriend is aboard now and I can confirm what Annie has said. They turned around at 3 looking for the person. 10 hours later they are skipping St. Thomas tomorrow to return to Nassau. The Coast guard is assisting alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport in the search.
I have family I am on the phone with right now. They report that crew "members" alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport went overboard but then were told to pray for a crew "member" alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport so they are uncertain if it is one or more person. They are unsure if they are actually going to dock in Nassau - wondering if they are just going to be out to sea tomorrow. They called me because I am in the mountain time zone and it was still early enough to reach me and ask if there was any news on the web or television about their situation. This site was all I could find.
My sister and husband are aboard the ship now for their honeymoon. They also confirmed the missing crew memeber and RC's intention to turn around alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport & search for the crew memeber rather than heading to St. Thomas.
My husbnad and I were on the oasis and we heard that someone alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport has fell or jumped over board, the code 3 is a common code we hear all the time in the hospital where I work. I am a dr. and When we hear this, its alarming alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport to others more so than to us. We see alot of suicides and alot of people leave this planet fast but for someone to call people names on here is wrong.
Spoke with my girlfriend again this morning. Around 1am last night the royal Caribbean Oasis saw video footage of the guy going over board. So they turned back around and started heading for St. Maarten. Coast Guard boats and planes are still searching for the man. Conditions are very cloudy. The ship will be at sea until tomorrow morning.
Male crew member was seen on video going overboard alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport yesterday. We turned around yesterday to go back towards Nassau and helped US coast guard search until 1am, we then turned back around to head to St Martin. Skipping St thomas, sea day today and st martin tomorrow. We also got letters on our doors this morning with this info. In addition, RC is giving each passenger a $200 credit towards their next cruise in consideration of missing st thomas today and for the inconvenience. They have confirmed 1 crew member only.
Steve - What is wrong with refunding a portion of the cruise-fare to the passengers? Clearly, the ship is not docking in St. Thomas. Clearly, the passengers paid taxes, which included port fees for St. Thomas. I believe most would understand and agree that the search is necessary, but that does not mean the cruise line does not have to do it at the expense of the passengers. In similar instances, other cruise lines have made good faith gestures - included ship board credit, discount on future cruise, refunding port fees, etc. To STIFF all passengers sounds like something CARNIVAL would do!
I just returned this past Saturday from this ship and I'm so sad to hear this news. I've been following the post here and on another website and my prayers are with a successful recovery of this crew memeber.
Makes you wonder what the working conditions are like on these wonderful boats. My mother is on the boat with a few of her friends. They are disappointed that they will miss an island stop but do understand that a human life is more important then a day of pampering. I pray that the man is found, and that they investigate why these people keep jumping alamo car rentals jackson wyoming airport off the ships! Subway rocks!
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