Sun Princess turns around to search for man feared overboard Read more: http://www.s

Disturbing news, although not HAL;

An elderly man is missing, feared to have gone overboard from a cruise ship that was due to dock in Sydney on Tuesday morning.

Cruise operator Carnival Australia said that a thorough search of the Sun Princess had failed to find the 84-year-old man, who was reported missing in the early hours of Tuesday.

The Sun Princess, which was due to dock at Sydney's White Bay terminal at 7am, has been turned around and is now retracing its path. It is now 195 nautical miles east of Sydney.

The Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Canberra is also involved in the search effort.

"Sun Princess' arrival in Sydney will be delayed and the next cruise will be impacted," a Carnival Australia statement said.

"We are contacting guests to advise them of this change."

The Sun Princess has been on a 13-day New Zealand cruise.

A passenger on board the boat, identified only as Barry, told 2UE radio that an announcement was made on the ship about 6.30am.

"We got an announcement from the captain ... and we've headed back out to sea," he told 2UE. "It seems that we have lost a passenger overboard."

He said the captain told passengers they had carried out a thorough search and found no trace of the man and that a rescue boat and plane were now on the way to aid the search effort.

"We are headed back out and he doesn't know when we are going to dock," Barry said.

More to come

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sun-princess-turns-around-to-search-for-man-feared-overboard-20141125-11t46l.html

It is so sad to read this elder gent lost at sea. I didn't click you link but wonder if he was traveling alone??

Always sorry to hear this kind of news. So sad..........

It is so sad to read this elder gent lost at sea. I didn't click you link but wonder if he was traveling alone??

 

Alphen quoted the article.

Alphen quoted the article.

I didn't know if that was the full article as I don't often open many of the links people provide.

I didn't know if that was the full article as I don't often open many of the links people provide.

 

:)

Sometimes articles are gone if the thread gets a little old or a "bigger news story" comes along.