Man overboard call on Indy this morning

[YankeesFan4Life]

7am woke up to Oscar Oscar Oscar over the loud speaker. Supposedly man overboard port side was wearing life jacket floating face down. We were already at the dock in Nassau. Thoughts and prayers for his/her loved ones.  Dunno if it was a passenger on the ship or a dock worker. Anyone else here on the ship have any insight?

[puppycanducruise]

Terrible news.

Thoughts and prayers to family and friends.

[shipgeeks]

Could it have been a crew drill?  We witnessed one like that, while in a port, with a dummy thrown overboard, and all departments responding, with lifeboats, medical staff on standby, etc.

No evidence of anything happening on Nassau webcam.

[Cru1s1ng2009]

4 minutes ago, shipgeeks said:

Could it have been a crew drill?  We witnessed one like that, while in a port, with a dummy thrown overboard, and all departments responding, with lifeboats, medical staff on standby, etc.

No evidence of anything happening on Nassau webcam.

that would be a best case scenario. 

[irishgal432]

Eyewitness news Bahamas reporting a male was floating face down and appears to be a Bahamian citizen. Cannot rule out foul play.

[mo&fran]

11 minutes ago, shipgeeks said:

Could it have been a crew drill?  We witnessed one like that, while in a port, with a dummy thrown overboard, and all departments responding, with lifeboats, medical staff on standby, etc.

No evidence of anything happening on Nassau webcam.

I have seen the same thing, also in Nassau.

[Big_G]

 

[YankeesFan4Life]

Luckily for us on the ship, it wasn't one of ours, but still feel horrible for the victim and his family/loved ones....

[gluecksbaer]

11 hours ago, shipgeeks said:

Could it have been a crew drill?  We witnessed one like that, while in a port, with a dummy thrown overboard, and all departments responding, with lifeboats, medical staff on standby, etc.

No evidence of anything happening on Nassau webcam.

 

There ought to be a very clear announcements for passengers when there is a drill.  If not immediately (if the idea is to catch crew without notice and have them take it seriously), then right after the drill's conclusion.

[ONECRUISER]

5 minutes ago, gluecksbaer said:

 

There ought to be a very clear announcements for passengers when there is a drill.  If not immediately (if the idea is to catch crew without notice and have them take it seriously), then right after the drill's conclusion.

They do but many times announcements are after most passengers are ashore

[Cru1s1ng2009]

it makes me sad that anyone needs to ask if it is a tourist or local. It shouldnt matter. But i guess all tourist attractions are like this?

[sergeant655]

If it is a surprise drill for the crew they will cal Oscar Oscar Oscar port/ starboard side  and then add this is a drill for crew only.  I have experienced a drill where the emergency signal went off without a announcement that it was a drill and saw lots of passengers grabbing life jackets and heading to muster stations 

[PIR8LUVR]

18 hours ago, gluecksbaer said:

 

There ought to be a very clear announcements for passengers when there is a drill.  If not immediately (if the idea is to catch crew without notice and have them take it seriously), then right after the drill's conclusion.

Yes, there are. We were on Wonder in February and they were doing drills. They made several announcements about it.

[nyguyrw]

Just an update. Was on iots this week, during the captains q&a he explained that the call was a genuine call as we were the first ship in port and may have been the ones who made the discovery. It was then made clear that local authorities were dealing with it. As you could imagine this was a topic of conversation for the rest of the trip. 

[def0715]

Which sailing of the Independence? 

[Biker19]

13 hours ago, def0715 said:

Which sailing of the Independence? 

The one that was in Nassau on Wednesday 5/3/2023?

[def0715]

Thanks. I was on that sailing and wondered. 

[ClaireA1978]

Me too-they were doing staff drills all day so we put it down to that