Person sighted overboard on Sapphire

[Shake]

Captain just announced a person was sighted overboard on Sapphire. we are currently stopped. hope this turns out good. they are currently counting everyone on the ship.

[maritimer2]

Wow! It's dark! Hopefully everyone will be accounted for shortly and you can continue to enjoy your cruise.

[Pam in CA]

I hope and pray they're OK but I know that the chances are slim. It's not easy to just "fall" overboard so I wonder what happened.

[nicster]

I am interest in how they go about "counting" everybody on board the ship. Could you please elaborate?


Nicci

[NewPennCruiser]

Originally Posted by nicster

I am interest in how they go about "counting" everybody on board the ship. Could you please elaborate?


Nicci

It will be interesting to see how Princess handles this but on a different cruise line a couple of years ago for an incident like this, they requested that everyone report to their muster station so that cards could be scanned. Dave

[Shake]

Originally Posted by nicster

I am interest in how they go about "counting" everybody on board the ship. Could you please elaborate?


Nicci

Captain has ordered everyone to their cabins for a head count. It,s dinner time on formal night and we are currently drifting about 5 knots.

[LARGIN]

Captain just announced still counting and will keep us informed. We are still confined in cabin. Formal night dining looks like it will be a mess.

[Sea Fan]

Larry when did it happen?

[CeeCee59]

Originally Posted by Shake

Captain just announced a person was sighted overboard on Sapphire. we are currently stopped. hope this turns out good. they are currently counting everyone on the ship.

Where are you currently?

[DiamondDiva]

Just looked it up and they are on the way to Hawaii.

[blueflicker]

From what I can find out ... looks like halfway between LA and Honolulu. Out in the middle of nowhere.

[Renmar]

Originally Posted by CeeCee59

Where are you currently?

Halfway between Hawaii & Los Angeles.According to "ships locater"

Theo

[russbma]

Any news on the person over board ?

[wineforhealth]

Maybe the Internet is down on the Sapphire.

[vancouvergirl2010]

I think it is wise to have people separated into their cabins, from a critical incident point of view. I hope everything works out ok.

[timetravler]

Pam, you are so right, it is very hard to just fall overboard. Usually involves alcohol.
So, if everyone is accounted for, then the ship continues on?

[Pam in CA]

Originally Posted by timetravler

Pam, you are so right, it is very hard to just fall overboard. Usually involves alcohol.
So, if everyone is accounted for, then the ship continues on?

If everyone is accounted for, then the emergency is over. Sounds like the counting is to determine who is missing. The ship must conduct this before notifying the Coast Guard. This is why there is often a delay between the time a person is reported missing and the CG is notified. If the CG were notified every time someone can't find a family member or friend, they'd be on alert constantly. Hence the required count.

It's probable that the stewards are taking the count. After Muster a couple of weeks ago, I returned to my cabin to this notice on the door. I've never seen this before but I bet they're using it for the count:

[DaisyandSika]

Praying for a false alarm.

[A&L_Ont]

Originally Posted by DaisyandSika

Praying for a false alarm.

Me too.

[gcvt]

We're sending prayers out to sea as well!