Personal Injury Law

Crew Member on Oasis of the Seas Goes Missing

By Lipcon, Margulies & Alsina, P.A.

The world's largest cruise ship, the 5,400-passenger Oasis of the Seas, skipped a port call at St. Thomas yesterday to search for a crew member who went overboard.

A Royal Caribbean spokeswoman confirmed the crew member, who is not yet being identified, was reported missing around 1 p.m., by co-workers on the Eastern Caribbean sailing. After trying to page the crew member, security officers on the ship reviewed footage from security cameras which did indeed show the person going overboard, she said.

The incident happened off Nassau, and the ship turned around to retrace its route in hopes of finding the missing crew member. The U.S. Coast Guard has since taken over the search, the spokeswoman said.

Because of the missed port call, passengers on the voyage are being credited $300 to $800 off a future cruise, depending on their cabin category, the spokeswoman said.

The ship today is visiting St. Maarten and will stay longer than the scheduled 10 hours in port to give passengers more time ashore, she added. The ship is scheduled to return to Fort Lauderdale on Saturday after two days at sea.

Full post as published by Cruise Ship Law on May 26, 2010 (boomark / email).