A passenger on board a Norwegian MSC Cruises ship died on Thursday after falling overboard while passing through Norway’s deepest fjord, Norwegian police reported. New York PostThis is the second time within three months that someone has fallen from the same boat.
The passenger, described as a man in his “late 50s”, jumped into the sea from the MSC Eurybia at around 2am as the ship was sailing through the Sognefjord, known as the “King of the Fjords”.
A rescue helicopter was dispatched to extract the man from the 4,300-foot deep ocean. He was found about an hour later and taken to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
The circumstances of the man’s death are unclear, but authorities have said the passenger’s death is being investigated as “suspicious.”
“There are several hypotheses: it could be an accident, a criminal act or even a deliberate act,” one of the officers said.
Unilad report Authorities plan to interview members of the cruise ship’s crew and obtain video footage, which may provide a clearer picture of what happened before the man jumped overboard.
Cruise ship tracking data revealed the 19-storey vessel was redirected in the channel shortly after the tragic accident.
The man was reportedly travelling with his wife.
Despite the incident, the ship is reportedly on track to complete its seven-day voyage and is due to return to Kiel on Saturday as originally planned.
Earlier this month, a man died after jumping from the largest cruise ship in the world and free falling 90 feet before hitting the water. Cruise ship staff said they knew what had happened before the man hit the water.
The passenger jumped from the fifth floor of Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas on the first day of a seven-day voyage. Each deck on the ship is estimated to be about 20 feet high, meaning the man fell about 90 feet before hitting the water.
When the man jumped, a fall detection system was activated and staff on board responded immediately.
“We found out what happened seconds after he hit the water,” one source said. “The procedure was to immediately see if we could spot him visually.”
“It was the captain’s decision whether to stop and turn back, and he did,” he added.
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