Tourist captures horrifying moment cruise passenger falls overboard to his death
A Taiwanese passenger on Norwegian cruise liner has died after reportedly falling overboard, with the chilling moment captured on camera.
WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: A passenger has died after falling overboard from a cruise ship, with the horrifying moment captured on camera. A tourist inadvertently recorded the moment the man plummeted from an upper floor of the Norwegian Spirit cruise liner.
The haunting image shows a couple looking out to sea with a young child as the victim flashes past in front of them. The man plunged into the ocean at around 11am on August 8.
The cruise liner departed from Keelung Port in Taiwan on Sunday for a six-day trip to Nagasaki in Japan and South Korea’s Jeju Island. It was making its way back to Taiwan, where it docked yesterday, when the passenger reportedly fell overboard.
A photo from on board the ship shows the moment captures on a passenger's Sony camera.
One eyewitness said: “We were sightseeing on the deck at that time, just looking at the sea, and then we heard a huge noise. “Then everyone looked towards us and someone realised that a passenger had fallen into the sea.”
The cruise was stopped for nearly 40 minutes while staff activated safety protocols, launched search boats, and informed the maritime authorities.
The man’s dead body was found in the water shortly afterwards.
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The victim was a 30-year-old man surnamed Li who lived in Taoyuan, Taiwan. He boarded the ship with his brother four days before the tragedy.
His body was reportedly stored in a freezer until the ship docked at Keelung Port. Investigators then boarded the vessel to preserve any relevant evidence and to begin trying to establish how the man fell overboard.
The investigation is ongoing.
Jam Press
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