Woman dies after going overboard from cruise ship
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Stingo
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A selfish suicide, selfish because of the knock-on effects to the other passengers?
wonkywinch
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I haven't seen any suggestion that that was the reason she went overboard.
MontyMariner
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It would take a determined effort to fall overboard accidentally.
wonkywinch
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Mark-1
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I'd love to know how the helicopter found her body and how the alarm was raised.
Was she seen falling? Did someone throw her a lifering/danbouy which was near her body?
Was she seen falling? Did someone throw her a lifering/danbouy which was near her body?
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Birdseye
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Done a lot of cruising - SWMBO likes it. Based on that experience, its difficult to see how someone sober and being sensible could fall overboard, but that doesnt make it any less sad that a young woman has lost her life that way.
capnsensible
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If a drowning victim can't be found quickly, simply wait 3 days and their body will float.
mjcoon
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True in shallow water, but if it has gone deep it takes a lot of gas to make much volume...
capnsensible
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I googled it.
Even a weighted body will normally float to the surface after three or four days, exposing it to sea birds and buffeting from the waves. Putrefaction and scavenging creatures will dismember the corpse in a week or two and the bones will sink to the seabed.
Ribtecer
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Nice.
mm42
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Depends on water temperature. I do a lot of body recoveries and ours vary between 2 days and 3 to 4 weeks in winter when the waters are at their coldest.
Bilgediver
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Thermal camera.
Bilgediver
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Some ships now have cameras monitoring along the sides for falling objects. Seems the data is processed and can tell the difference between a falling body and a case of empty Tenant's
Neeves
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You would have difficulty taking a slab of Tennants onto a cruise ship, they make money from selling alcohol and I suspect have limits on how much alcohol you can take on board (like one bottle of wine).
As mentioned cruise ship railings are at chest height - the only way of 'falling' over board is to intentionally climb the railings - so you are either stupid, insufficiently drunk or suicidal. You would have difficulty lifting an unconscious passenger over a cruise ships railing.
Most, all?, cruise ships have cameras monitoring all deck activity, including the railings - its simply maintenance of reputation - cruise ships need to prove the individual did not trip and fall over a chest high railing.
Anyone going over a cruise ship railing is either stupid or intentional.
Selfish or, mentally, sick come to mind.
Jonathan
As mentioned cruise ship railings are at chest height - the only way of 'falling' over board is to intentionally climb the railings - so you are either stupid, insufficiently drunk or suicidal. You would have difficulty lifting an unconscious passenger over a cruise ships railing.
Most, all?, cruise ships have cameras monitoring all deck activity, including the railings - its simply maintenance of reputation - cruise ships need to prove the individual did not trip and fall over a chest high railing.
Anyone going over a cruise ship railing is either stupid or intentional.
Selfish or, mentally, sick come to mind.
Jonathan
boomerangben
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I can’t believe they would allow such a product on a cruise ship…. I’m not a lager drinker, but has been described by someone who is as cooking lager.
As for the finding of the body so quick, they must have got a very certain position and a bit lucky.
boomerangben
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I don’t accept the selfish card. If and it’s a big IF this was a tragic suicide, then some poor soul has found themselves in a situation they feel they can’t get out of. The tragedy of loss of life verses your precious cruise being interrupted. Who exactly is the selfish one?
capnsensible
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Who on here knows exactly what happened?
And when the results of the enquiry are finally made public, how many will tell them they got it all wrong?
And when the results of the enquiry are finally made public, how many will tell them they got it all wrong?