Man Who Disappeared from Carnival Cruise Ship 'Jumped' Overboard

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• How do people fall off cruise ships?
• Coast Guard suspends search for Louisiana man who went overboard from Carnival cruise ship
• Rescued cruise passenger who went overboard was seconds from death, Coast Guard officer says
• Dramatic video shows Coast Guard rescuing man who went overboard on Carnival cruise
• Carnival passenger goes overboard during Caribbean cruise, Coast Guard suspends search

Barnett’s mother Elisha Reid told Business Insider that her daughter was previously informed that there was no footage of what happened. ► Get breaking news from your neighborhood delivered directly to you by downloading the new FREE WWL-TV News app now in the IOS App Store or Google Play. The U.S. Coast Guard, which was searching a 200-mile area, has been notified. Nathan Diller is a consumer travel reporter for USA TODAY based in Nashville.

How do people fall off cruise ships?

Wednesday when he took a bathroom break and never came back, the outlet reported. Asked whether he thinks the man will ever get back out on the water, Hoefle said, "I think he'd go on another cruise. He knows how to survive. He survived once already and, just keep his feet on board this time." Carnival did not respond to questions regarding which man overboard-detection technologies are in place on board the Carnival Elation ship. The 28-year-old man said he was determined to make it out of the Gulf of Mexico alive, calling it the experience of a lifetime.

Coast Guard suspends search for Louisiana man who went overboard from Carnival cruise ship

If you see someone fall or jump off a cruise ship, immediately throw them a flotation device if there is one nearby. Life buoys and orange life rings are available throughout the ship. Having something to hang onto increases the person's chances of staying afloat and makes them easier to spot. The ship will keep searching until the Coast Guard clears it to continue its voyage to the next port. The Coast Guard will continue searching, widening the radius of the search based on probable locations, conditions and ocean currents, until they feel they're unlikely to find the person.

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Rescued cruise passenger who went overboard was seconds from death, Coast Guard officer says

The ship was on its way from New Orleans to Montego Bay, Jamaica at the time as part of a week-long Western Caribbean cruise that began Sunday, according to CruiseMapper. A total of 212 overboard incidents were reported on cruise ships from 2009 to 2019, according to a report commissioned by the industry-trade group Cruise Lines International Association. Out of those, 48 people — about 28% — were successfully rescued.

Dramatic video shows Coast Guard rescuing man who went overboard on Carnival cruise

The two were last seen together at a restaurant where Grimes had won an air guitar contest before going to the bathroom. The Coast Guard is using air and water assets to search for the passenger. The coast guard called off their search on May 27, they said in a news release. The man jumped from the Carnival Cruise Line ship Mardi Gras just after midnight about 55 miles east of Port Canaveral, according to the Coast Guard and Carnival. But unless the person was seen going over or spotted immediately, the odds may be against them.

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A graduate of New York University's Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News' TODAY Digital. She covers current events, breaking news and issues including substance use. The Coast Guard shared video footage of the rescue on Twitter, showing the moment the man was found and brought aboard an agency helicopter.

"Only on Tuesday were we advised of the possibility of him wearing a different shirt, which allowed our security team to change the profile of the guest as we searched onboard video," Lupoli said in an emailed statement. "We have informed the U.S. Coast Guard and are providing assistance to the guest’s family that was traveling with him who are still on board." "We are beyond grateful that this case ended with a positive outcome," said Lt. Seth Gross, a Sector New Orleans search and rescue mission coordinator. In Carnival's statement to PEOPLE, a spokesperson said that on Tuesday, they were "advised of the possibility of him wearing a different shirt, which allowed our security team to change the profile of the guest as we searched onboard video." Under the 2010 Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act, cruise ships must have 42-inch guard rails and man-overboard imaging or detection systems. However, not all cruise ships have implemented recently developed automatic man-overboard-detection technology, which uses thermal cameras and radars to immediately alert crew members when a person goes overboard.

Alcohol can play a role in overboard incidents, said Michael Winkleman, a maritime attorney with Lipcon, Margulies & Winkleman, P.A., who has represented travelers in overboard cases. "Usually, it's just people not making smart decisions because they're dramatically overserved and they end up going over," he said. The sibling didn’t report her brother gone until noon the next day,  prompting the Cozumel, Mexico-bound ship to retrace its sailing path toward New Orleans Thursday, Carnival spokesperson Matt Lupoli told the outlet.

"The Jayhawk aircrew hoisted the man onto the helicopter and transferred him to awaiting emergency medical services at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport," a statement from the Coast Guard read. "The Carnival Care Team is supporting the guest's family. Mardi Gras," said Carnival spokesman Matt Lupoli. An estimated 20.4 million people took cruises in 2022, according to statistics site Statista, with signs of higher numbers this year.

"Sadly, after an exhaustive on-board search and a review of security camera video it was determined that he jumped," Lupoli said. "Shoreside authorities were notified, and the crew was advised to continue to Jacksonville. The Carnival Care Team is providing support to the guest's family and our thoughts are with them and the guest." A passenger who fell off a cruise ship late Wednesday night was rescued on Thursday evening. The Coast Guard is searching for a 35-year-old man who fell overboard while on a Carnival cruise ship near Florida on Monday, according to a statement.

The Coast Guard has searched 3,600 square nautical miles for the missing passenger while dealing with difficult search conditions including limited visibility, large swells and gale force winds, according to Petty Officer Jose Hernandez. This incident marks the 13th man overboard for the cruise industry in 2023. After notifying the US Coast Guard, two aircraft were launched on Monday and scanned an area of over 200 miles “due to the uncertainty of the potential time of him falling overboard,” the Coast Guard said.

It took her multiple tries to get the cruise line to show her the surveillance video, she told NBC News on Tuesday. The search for a man who went overboard on a cruise ship heading from Louisiana to Jamaica has been suspended, the U.S. Grimes was aboard the five-day cruise with 18 of his family members for Thanksgiving. When he didn't return to his cabin that night, his sister reported him missing. Grimes said he treaded water for nearly 20 hours after falling overboard on Thanksgiving Eve -- battling jelly fish, rip currents and shark-infested waters before being airlifted by the U.S.

The passenger — who was showing signs of hypothermia, shock and dehydration — told rescuers he wasn’t sure how he’d fallen overboard but confirmed he’d been on the cruise ship. Mason said she can’t understand why it took the cruise line as long as it did to locate the correct surveillance video and notify the Coast Guard. It took more than 24-hours to locate the video of Barnett going overboard. Previously, the cruise line only found surveillance video of Barnett entering the cruise’s casino and his room on Sunday night. Coast Guard crews searched over 5,600 square miles, an area larger than the size of Connecticut, using three different air crews, according to a Thursday press release. They also broadcast the man-overboard alert to mariners across the Gulf of Mexico.

The latest person to go overboard on a cruise ship was on Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas on October 30. He was found alive and was debarked off the ship the following day. Tyler Barnett, a 28-year-old from Houma, Louisiana, was reported missing on Monday morning by a family member.

The passenger’s grandmother told NBC News his passenger card was last used at the ship’s casino and later at his cabin, adding his phone was left in his room and his bed wasn’t slept in. Carnival Cruise Line has confirmed that the man who went missing from the Carnival Glory in the Gulf of Mexico intentionally jumped off the vessel in the middle of the night. "We have informed the U.S. Coast Guard and are providing assistance to the guest’s family that was traveling with him," they added. “He can be seen climbing on a lifeboat and jumping from there,” the spokesperson said. “I think it kind of blows the norm, the normalcy, out of the water here, and really just shows the will to live is something that you need to account for in every search-and-rescue case,” he told CNN.

"The Carnival Care Team is providing support to the guest’s companion and traveling party who are on board," Carnival said. Some people on board needed "minor assistance" from medical staff, and "guests on board the ship were safe," a Carnival cruise spokesman told CBS News. Last week, an 18-year-old from Louisiana went overboard from a boat during a sunset cruise in the Bahamas, authorities said. The U.S. Coast Guard and the Royal Bahamas Defence Force searched for the teen, identified as Cameron Robbins, who apparently jumped off the boat.