An emergency has been declared on a cruise ship after a “passenger went overboard,” a tourist claims.
Passengers on the Norwegian Jewel – currently en route from Barcelona to Miami – say they were woken up at 2 a.m. with “code Oscar starboard” blaring out of the speakers – a maritime emergency signal for a person overboard.
A passenger claims staff on the cruise confirmed someone had “gone overboard” and the cruise ship is in “search and rescue mode” – currently circling the Atlantic Ocean.
The Norwegian cruise liner set sail from Barcelona on October 15.
A British passenger, who wanted to remain anonymous, said: “I was asleep in the cabin. The captain put out an announcement ‘code Oscar starboard.’
“As it was transmitted into our rooms also. I thought it might be serious and googled it to find that Oscar means person overboard.
“We have just in the last 10 minutes had an announcement to confirm someone is overboard, and that is why we have been and still are circling.”
Norwegian Cruise Line has been contacted for a comment.
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