In most cases, the person who falls is drunk and climbing something. I’ve been on two cruise ships and the railings come up to my chest. They’re just too high for people to “lose their balance” and fall over them.
I agree. I have been on three cruises on three different lines, all with balcony staterooms. I had envisioned sitting back in a lounge chair, lighting up an after-dinner cigar, propping my feet up on the rail, and enjoying the sea.
Hell, my feet would have so far over my head I would have looked like a jackknife. You'd really have to work at it to go over the side.
They never will find her, not just because the ocean is so big (and you are no longer at the top of the food chain), but she probably got sucked into the propellers and was pretty well minced.