{"id":17099,"date":"2026-11-13T16:01:04","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T16:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/u-s-coast-guard-suspends-search-for-72-year-old-missing-cruise-passenger-globalnews-ca\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T16:01:04","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T16:01:04","slug":"u-s-coast-guard-suspends-search-for-72-year-old-missing-cruise-passenger-globalnews-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/13\/u-s-coast-guard-suspends-search-for-72-year-old-missing-cruise-passenger-globalnews-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Coast Guard suspends search for 72-year-old missing cruise passenger | Globalnews.ca"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a 72-year-old British woman who is believed to have fallen off a TUI-operated cruise ship<\/a> in the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

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The woman was last seen on board TUI\u2019s Marella Voyager on Monday afternoon as it went from Malaga in Spain to the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

In a statement to Global News, the U.S. Coast Guard said that at approximately 7:33 p.m. on Nov. 10, Coast Guard East District command center watchstanders received a report from Marella Voyager that a passenger was missing.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe vessel\u2019s crew determined she was unaccounted for after routine cabin service personnel found her cabin and bed untouched and initiated the ship\u2019s missing-person procedures. The Marella Voyager reported the vessel did not have enough fuel to return to the search area,\u201d the U.S. Coast Guard added.<\/p>\n

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The last confirmed electronic record of the woman was a cabin door access event mid-day on Nov. 9.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to the delay between her last known contact and the report made to rescue authorities, the vessel was approximately 500 nautical miles from the area where she was believed to have entered the water,\u201d the Coast Guard said.<\/p>\n

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Search and rescue coordination required close collaboration among multiple international rescue coordination centres and maritime partners because the incident occurred in a remote area of the North Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n

Coast Guard watchstanders coordinated extensively with search and rescue partners, including the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center Delgada and Joint Rescue Coordination Center United Kingdom, and issued urgent maritime broadcasts requesting assistance from vessels in the area after notified of the missing woman.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter considering the extensive search area, the elapsed time between the presumed incident and notification, the lack of available search assets in the remote location, negative results from maritime broadcasts, the sea state, and the low likelihood of survival, the Coast Guard suspended active search efforts at 3:47 p.m. Nov 11 pending any new information,\u201d the Coast Guard added.<\/p>\n

Global News has reached out to travel agency TUI for further comment, but has not received a response.<\/p>\n

The incident onboard the TUI-operated cruise ship comes nearly one month after\u00a0a cruise passenger was rescued nearly 20 hours<\/a> after going overboard from a Royal Caribbean ship into the Ionian Sea near the island of Zakynthos, Greece.<\/p>\n

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According to a news release<\/a> by the Hellenic Coast Guard, the incident occurred on the morning of Oct. 9 on the cruise\u00a0ship<\/a> while it was sailing southwest of Zakynthos.<\/p>\n

A \u201clocal emergency plan was immediately activated\u201d and searches were launched to locate the 44-year-old Salvadorian woman, with participation of the Hellenic Coast Guard, a Hellenic Coast Guard Patrol Vessel (HCV) and passing ships, as well as a Super Puma helicopter of the Hellenic Air Force, according to the news release.<\/p>\n

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