This afternoon the U.S. Coast Guard reported {that a} 31 yr outdated man apparently went overboard from the Eurodam (**however see the replace under!) throughout a cruise to Juneau, Alaska final evening. The Alaskan newspaper KTOO initially reported in error that the lacking man was a passenger. The Coast Guard release said in pertinent half:
“The Coast Guard is looking for a lacking man who was final seen close to Juneau, Monday evening.
The Coast Guard continues looking for the lacking 31-year-old man.
Coast Guard Sector Juneau watchstanders obtained notification from the Eurodam at 10:45 p.m. that an individual was lacking and had probably gone overboard.”
Correction: The Coast Guard stated {that a} 31-year-old man was lacking from the Eurodam — not that he was a passenger.
— KTOO (@KTOOpubmedia) August 9, 2022
The official Coast Guard assertion says that the Eurodam cruise ship contacted the Coast Guard station in Juneau at 10:45 p.m. The Coast Guard Sector in Juneau dispatched a “45-foot Response Boat-Medium” at 11:05 p.m. and the crew arrived on scene at roughly 11:15 p.m. The Coast Guard Sector in Juneau later launched an Air Station Sitka MH-60 helicopter aircrew at about 12:03 a.m. The aircrew arrived on scene at roughly 12:40 a.m.
The curious factor about these official instances is that the Eurodam was scheduled to arrive in Juneau by 1:00 p.m. and depart by 10:00 p.m. final evening. AIS info (by way of MarineTraffic) reveals the Eurodam within the port of Juneau by the point that it lastly reported the lacking particular person at 10:45 p.m. (Are there any company or crew members on this ship who can verify precisely when the ship arrived in and left Juneau?)
If this info is appropriate, the HAL cruise ship delayed reporting the overboard man (apparently a crew member) till the ship had already arrived at port in Juneau.
Man (crew member?) lacking from HAL Eurodam https://t.co/MZiandOpHZ / @HALcruises #cruise ship notified Coast Guard in Juneau at 10:45 p.m. that an individual was lacking and probably overboard. Query: Wasn’t the ship already in port in Juneau when it contacted @USCG? https://t.co/uHJ4ZFgeOE
— James (Jim) Walker (@CruiseLaw) August 9, 2022
It additional seems that the Eurodam was not geared up with an automated man overboard system (MOB). Automated MOB’s will instantly sign the bridge when somebody goes over the rails of the ship. The system will them robotically monitor the particular person within the water, even at evening, by way of radar and infrared expertise. Cruise ships which wouldn’t have this expertise will permit an overboard particular person to go undetected. The bridge officers is not going to notice the overboard particular person lacking and the ship will proceed blindly crusing on. Solely later, when the ship arrives on the subsequent port, will the officers notice that somebody disappeared from the ship (both jumped or was pushed or in any other case fell from the ship).
Few cruise traces have such expertise put in on their fleet of ships. We all know that Disney Cruises and one or two different corporations have put in such methods on a few of their ships. Carnival Company has not invested within the Automated MOB methods on any of its ships on any of its manufacturers.
The Eurodam left Seattle, Washington on August 6, 2022 round 3:00 p.m. It’s roughly 900 miles from Seattle to Juneau by water. It doesn’t seem from any supply whether or not the crew member disappeared earlier than or after the ship arrived in Juneau or the place the lacking man precisely really went overboard.
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P.S. This is not the first time that a person has disappeared from HAL’s Eurodam. You’ll be able to watch a particular report by native Miami news station NBC6 here.
**August 9, 2022 Replace: In a weird flip of occasions, the Coast Guard’s newest press release now reviews that the lacking man is from the Koningsdam, which was getting underway in downtown Juneau, subsequent to the Eurodam. The Eurodam‘s crew reported listening to shouting coming from the water, and it was ultimately decided {that a} crew member from the Koningsdam was lacking.
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