Passenger dead after jumping from world's largest cruise ship 'Icon of the Seas'
A cruise passenger has died after jumping off Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas.
The unidentified man jumped from the 1,200-foot-long ship on the first night of his week-long trip, which took off from Florida for Honduras on Sunday morning.
At the time of the incident, the ship was only 300 miles from PortMiami, according to CruiseHive.
The Icon of the Seas - which holds 7,600 passengers and 2,350 crew - halted travel for about two hours as the Coast Guard carried out and completed their search mission.
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“The cruise ship deployed one of their rescue boats, located the man and brought him back aboard,” the Coast Guard told the New York Post.
“He was pronounced deceased.
“Beyond assisting in the search, the US Coast Guard did not have much involvement in this incident.”
LADbible has contacted Royal Caribbean for comment.
This comes after the search for 20-year-old Levion Parker - who 'jumped off' Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas - was called off back in April.
Passengers reportedly heard 'a lot of yelling' when the incident took place on Thursday 4 April at around 4am.
The US Coastguard said the 20-year-old fell from the cruise ship around 57 miles from the Great Inagua Island.
Royal Caribbean told the New York Post: "The ship’s crew immediately launched a search and rescue effort alongside the US Coast Guard, who has taken over the search."
Passenger Bryan Sims said he was with the young man and his brother in the on-board hot tub until around 3.30am.
“He sat right beside me the whole time," he told the outlet.
“He was pretty drunk.
“As we were walking from the hot tub back to the elevators, his dad and brother were walking towards us. His dad was fussing at him for being drunk, I guess.
“When we got to them, he said to his dad, ‘I’ll fix this right now'. And he jumped out the window in front of us all.
"It was insane. It was just surreal.”
A source told the Daily Mail that if Levion was drunk, he likely consumed the alcohol ashore in the Dominican Republic, where the legal drinking age is 18, rather than on the cruise ship.
A Royal Caribbean spokesperson said at the time: "Our hearts go out to the family, and we continue to offer them our support and assistance during this difficult time.
"Our policies strictly prohibit guests under the age of 21 from being served alcohol onboard."
Topics: Cruise Ship, US News, Travel
Anish Vij