UPDATE, 10:38am: The body of a woman believed missing off a cruise ship has been recovered.
According to SAPOL:
Police were alerted just after midnight, Wednesday 14 December, after crew discovered the woman had fallen overboard when the ship was about 70km off the coast of Cape Jaffa in the State’s south-east.
PolAir and the Challenger aircraft from Essendon carried out a search and sadly, just before 7am, PolAir recovered the 23-year-old woman’s body from the waters.
The ship is now returning to Port Melbourne where the cruise originated a few days ago. Victoria Police will be conducting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death.
According to a statement from cruise company Carnival Australia and reported by 9News:
“We continue to provide care and assistance to the family member this guest was travelling with and extend our deepest condolences to their loved ones.
“As you can appreciate this has also deeply impacted our remaining guests and crew. We thank all involved who supported this distressing and challenging search operation.
“Relevant authorities have been advised and we will continue to work with them and provide any assistance required.”
EARLIER…
A search is underway off the coast of Cape Jaffa after a woman fell overboard off a cruise ship.
According to SAPOL
Police were alerted just after midnight, Wednesday 14 December, after crew discovered the woman had fallen overboard when the ship was off the coast of Cape Jaffa in the State’s south-east.
An air search is currently underway about 70km off the coast with assistance from PolAir and the Challenger aircraft from Essendon.
The cruise ship is also assisting with the search in the 5 metre seas and local SES are on standby.
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