Carnival Cruise passenger missing after jumping off ship near Florida

NY Post ^ | 07/24/2023 | Selim Algar

[ChicagoConservative27]

A Carnival Cruise passenger is missing after he jumped off the ship heading towards Florida, authorities said.

The 30-year-old missing man’s relatives told staffers that he had vanished Sunday, leading security personnel to check video cameras to track his movements.

A clip showed the 30-year-old man jumping off the side of the boat about 95 miles off the coast of Melbourne.

“The crew was notified by his traveling companion late (Sunday) afternoon about his missing status after he had not been seen all day,” the cruise line said. “Sadly, after an exhaustive on-board search and a review of security camera video it was determined that he jumped.”

The cruise operator said it alerted authorities about the incident and was advised to proceed to its final stop in Jacksonville

[xp38]

Also depends on a number of factors but jumping from the height of most cruise ships main deck could easily kill a person upon impact with the water alone.

[Sporke]

I have never believed in the “being sucked under and into the props” theory. I have also never seen an example of it happening, or a reputable story about it happening.

[minnesota_bound]

I have read stories of people and airplanes off carriers being suck under the ship.

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“He added that he then used his ejector seat, and good luck meant that he ended up above the ship. “A second later I could see the flight deck of the ship starting to appear beneath me,” he said.

Hux added that he was able to land back on the deck, just a few feet away from the edge. If he had landed in the water he could have been pulled underneath the 65,000-ton warship, the BBC reported.
https://www.businessinsider.com/f35-fighter-pilot-describes-ejecting-before-jet-fell-sea-2023-2

Google: person sucked under boat hits propeller
too many gory stories.

[Sporke]

That’s somewhat different in that an Aircraft Carrier is going at a fairly high rate of speed, in order to launch or recover aircraft.

I’ll be honest enough to admit that I’m not sure, and that I was told during boot camp that if we were to fall overboard our first priority should be to swim away from the ship.

However, I’ve thrown tons of items overboard during my times at sea, and I’ve never seen anything disappear under the ship as it approached the screws.