Royal Caribbean cruise passenger who went overboard rescued after she spent 20 hours at sea, Greek coastguard says
A woman who allegedly jumped off a cruise ship into the Ionian Sea was rescued over the weekend after 20 hours in the water, the Greek coastguard said.
The 44-year-old Salvadorian woman subsequently told her rescuers she had jumped because "she wanted to disembark," a coastguard spokesperson told AFP.
After an alert went out early on Friday, two coastguard boats and a navy helicopter were dispatched to the area and other nearby ships were rerouted.
A passing freighter eventually located the woman, fully conscious, in a life ring early on Saturday and she was picked up by a Greek coastguard patrol boat.
A video released by the coastguard shows a crew throwing a rope to a woman floating inside an orange life ring in the water in the dark.
She was taken to the port of Katakolo and then to hospital in the nearby city of Pyrgos for health tests that include a psychiatric evaluation ordered by a local prosecutor, the coastguard officer said.
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- A woman who allegedly jumped off a cruise ship into the Ionian Sea was rescued over the weekend after 20 hours in the water, the Greek coastguard said.
- The 44-year-old Salvadorian woman subsequently told her rescuers she had jumped because "she wanted to disembark," a coastguard spokesperson told AFP.
- After an alert went out early on Friday, two coastguard boats and a navy helicopter were dispatched to the area and other nearby ships were rerouted.
- A passing freighter eventually located the woman, fully conscious, in a life ring early on Saturday and she was picked up by a Greek coastguard patrol boat.
- A video released by the coastguard shows a crew throwing a rope to a woman floating inside an orange life ring in the water in the dark.