Oasis of the Seas Person overboard

[marko711]

We have been circling for over an hour an a half looking for a person that may have gone over board.It happened around 1am.

[Zou Bisou Bisou]

Whoa, hope that is not the case and the person is found on board.

[DarthGrady]

I'm onboard right now. We were in the Solarium for Club Twenty when the Oscar Oscar Oscar went off. Very sad. We're stopped right now, they've got recuse boats out looking, but nothing so far.

[beachbuddy]

I'm onboard too. Someone on Twitter said the person was on top of a lifeboat and went over. But I don't know if that's true or not. Prayers for the person and his or her family.

 

 

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[champagne123]

It is on ABC news right now. The only info they gave was it is a 35 year old man. They do not know if he jumped or was pushed.

 

They showed the coast guard boats circling the ship also. :(

[AndyT3]

Wow, wait until the media gets a hold of that footage.

 

That's crazy, gives you the chills seeing it happen. Hope they find the guy, that's terrible. Any updates from anyone on board?

[AdrenalineRush]

The audio is also chilling.

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[beachbuddy]

What a horrible video. Gives me chills. The life boats are still searching. Prayers for him and his family.

 

 

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[AndyT3]

The audio is also chilling.

 

 

Absolutely! I thought I heard him yell something along the lines of "it's your fault I'm out here".

[pharaoh]

Absolutely! I thought I heard him yell something along the lines of "it's your fault I'm out here".

 

 

I heard that too but cannot make out what he said right after. It's "it's your fault because I stepped..."

 

Absolutely terrifying. The news is saying there was a fight.

[AndyT3]

Wow. I cannot fathom why/how it would escalate to that point. Just so sad.

[AdrenalineRush]

Absolutely! I thought I heard him yell something along the lines of "it's your fault I'm out here".

 

To be clear I think the person yelling is on the ship. I don't think the audio would be that clear if it was the person on the life boat.

He also says "you murdered him"

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[jules815]

The audio is also chilling.

 

Very. I just sent the link to a friend onboard who woke up to search boats/lights when he stepped out on his balcony early this morning.

[pharaoh]

I believe it's two men yelling -- the one on the ship telling people to "hold onto him," and the man on the life boat whom you can hear tell the workers to let him go, that he's not going anywhere.

[AdrenalineRush]

I heard. I'm not going anywhere until "he" is back on the ship.

[Duke Mazer]

This is incredible! Was reading they couldn't find him. Why did they stop the ships it looks like it was going at full speed

[AndyT3]

Thanks for the clarification.

 

I have to ask, and please pardon my ignorance. If you do in fact, go overboard, and know how to sufficiently swim, how hard is it to manage the currents from the ship, and the waves? Would the azipods pose any risk of pulling someone in as the ship passes? I've never understood how they lose track of the people that have gone overboard. I see that he appeared to be injured, from the blood. Maybe that contributed to the fact that he couldn't keep himself afloat?

 

Again, please pardon my ignorance, but I figured there are people here that are much more experienced than myself, and may have some insight.

[Tommy3putts]

Wow. Troubling. At least there are witnesses so hopefully the facts will be acurately portrayed.

Edited November 6, 2015 by Tommy3putts

[champagne123]

Where did this video come from?

 

 

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I am guessing the woman on the ship video taping the whole thing . The one that is yelling in the back ground.

[jahannah]

Thanks for the clarification.

 

I have to ask, and please pardon my ignorance. If you do in fact, go overboard, and know how to sufficiently swim, how hard is it to manage the currents from the ship, and the waves? Would the azipods pose any risk of pulling someone in as the ship passes? I've never understood how they lose track of the people that have gone overboard. I see that he appeared to be injured, from the blood. Maybe that contributed to the fact that he couldn't keep himself afloat?

 

Again, please pardon my ignorance, but I figured there are people here that are much more experienced than myself, and may have some insight.

 

Ships this big create a serious draw or undertow that pulls people under the water. Also, getting hit by any part of the hull, even going at a slower speed, can be deadly. This is really horrible.

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[AdrenalineRush]

Back in January someone fell off Oasis and was rescued 5 hours later. So there is a chance if he was able to swim, once he hit the water and is located in time

 

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/13/us/man-overboard-cruise-rescue/

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[DPurcell58]

Never seen anything like that. Just terrible

[Tommy3putts]

The reports I am seeing on the Internet state that the man jumped from deck seven on to the lifeboat (abcnews.com) and the fell into the water. The Video contradicts the last portion of that story.

[AndyT3]

Wow, thanks for the insight on that.

 

I see someone above mentioned it, but why didn't they slow the ship when they realized what was happening? Or even stop for that matter. I feel like that would have reduced the chance of injury from the passenger striking the ship or being pulled under once in the water.

[chengkp75]

Thanks for the clarification.

 

I have to ask, and please pardon my ignorance. If you do in fact, go overboard, and know how to sufficiently swim, how hard is it to manage the currents from the ship, and the waves? Would the azipods pose any risk of pulling someone in as the ship passes? I've never understood how they lose track of the people that have gone overboard. I see that he appeared to be injured, from the blood. Maybe that contributed to the fact that he couldn't keep himself afloat?

 

Again, please pardon my ignorance, but I figured there are people here that are much more experienced than myself, and may have some insight.

 

Suction into the propellers is not as much a threat as Hollywood makes it out to be. Yes, there is some chance, but it is far greater with ships that are very light in ballast (no cargo) so the propeller is closer to the surface.

 

Dropping into the water from a height is like hitting a concrete wall if not done at just the right entry, just ask an Olympic tower diver. This can cause injury and hurt the ability to swim. Even water as warm as the Caribbean can cause loss of dexterity (ability to swim) within an hour, and death from hypothermia within 3 hours, depending on health and clothing.

 

How do they lose track of someone in the water? Think of looking for something smaller than a basketball (the head, the only part above water), covered probably in dark hair, in a dark sea. Now throw in waves, so that the head is only visible at times. The ship cannot stop on a dime, nor can it turn on a dime when going at full speed at sea. If they tried to do that, everyone onboard would be thrown to the deck, and many would be injured. You also cannot launch a rescue boat while underway, so the ship needs to get back to the site of the overboard from maybe a mile or more away, and stop, and in that time the person has drifted with the seas, at an unknown rate. On another thread about the overboards earlier this year, one CC'er who is/was a USCG officer stated that even with their trained personnel, and a safety orange dummy, they have a hard time in anything but flat calm in locating the person during drills, and sometimes have to return to base without the dummy, to the chagrin of the crew.

 

Since the video is only a minute or so long, and not knowing how long prior to the video's start the bridge was notified that there was a man dangling over the side, its hard to say how fast the ship is going, but generally if notified of an instance like this, the ship would be slowing. Even stopping the propellers would still have the ship travel nearly a mile before slowing enough to turn.