PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard searched for a 46-year-old female passenger of the cruise ship Norwegian Dawn after it was reported she fell overboard approximately 45-miles Northeast of Atlantic City, N.J., Sunday night.
The Coast Guard was initially notified Sunday night at approximately 8:21 p.m. A Coast Guard helicopter crew from Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., launched at 9 p.m., and arrived on scene at about 9:43 p.m. The helicopter crew conducted search patterns until 10:53 p.m.
An HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., arrived on-scene at 12:05 a.m., and conducted search patterns until 3:05 a.m. when it returned to base due to inclement weather.
Ed. note: This story has been corrected from it’s original publication.
I hope they find her.
It’s a terrible way to start a vacation. I was just on a vacation with my family to Bermuda on Carnival. It was fun.
Wow, my mom just called from the ship, told me to look on the internet to find out what occurred. She didn’t have time to tell me (expense of call). WHAT?!