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The moment passenger went overboard on cruise ship and disappeared beneath the waves as search and rescue mission fails to find her

  • A picture seems to show the woman just moments before she was swallowed up
  • The female passenger, 47, had fallen overboard from ship while on a P&O cruise
  • Local reports say she has 'no chance of survival' and the search was abandoned 

By Danyal Hussain For Mailonline

PUBLISHED: 17:20 EDT, 13 April 2018 | UPDATED: 23:51 EDT, 13 April 2018

 

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A horrifying photo has shown what appears to be a woman treading water in dangerous swell after falling overboard while on a cruise ship.

A 47-year-old passenger from Brisbane fell over the railing on a week-long P&O cruise west of New Caledonia, in the South West Pacific, on Thursday. 

The photo, shared to Twitter by another passenger, seems to show the woman moments before she was swallowed up by the mammoth waves. 

 
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This terrifying photo appears to show the female passenger moments before she is swallowed up by the ocean 

Queensland police have opened an investigation into how the woman plunged to her death, with officers set to meet the ship when it arrives in Brisbane Sunday. 

A crew member reportedly spotted the female passenger falling overboard but dismissed reports she had been vomiting over the side at the time of the incident.

The Pacific Dawn cruise was halted as crew members attempted to find the woman, but the search was unsuccessful and called off Friday. 

Passengers said the ship gradually came to a halt and turned around to try and find the woman.

Queensland police have opened an investigation into how the woman plunged to her death (crew members onboard at time of search)
 
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Queensland police have opened an investigation into how the woman plunged to her death (crew members onboard at time of search)

Early reports suggested the woman was suffering from sea sickness and had been vomiting over the side, but a representative for P&O said there was 'nothing to suggest anything of this kind'. 

The captain told passengers the woman had not been found and the ship was heading back to Brisbane.

'It is with a very heavy heart that I need to let you know that we have been unable to locate our guest,' the ship's captain told his passengers. 

Terrifying: One passenger posted an image on Twitter of a life ring floating in the water and said the situation was 'horrendous'
 
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Terrifying: One passenger posted an image on Twitter of a life ring floating in the water and said the situation was 'horrendous'

'We are still in the area of the incident, and the weather conditions with the swell three to four metres high, as you can see outside... the strong wind made our search extremely challenging.

'As a result we have now made the extremely difficult decision to continue our journey towards Brisbane.'

The woman had 'no chance of survival', 9 News reported. 



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5614109/Pictured-moment-passenger-went-overboard-cruise-ship-disappeared-beneath-waves.html#ixzz5CeKiU27C 
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This seems to happen more than I would think it would.

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Scary.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

This seems to happen more than I would think it would.

 I think is happens far less than I would think. Drunk people, balconies...every time I go on a cruise I think, yeah, that person is going overboard...



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I wonder if a fall from that height into the water could have knocked her unconscious as well?

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Yeah, I'm surprised it doesn't happen more often.

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I guess there are areas of the ship where it would be easy to fall out but I'm so short I would have to be climbing up and doing my best "Rose & Jack" impression with arms outstretched before I would be in danger of falling over the edge.

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She jumped on purpose.

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That's what I think, too.

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That is the latest report. She ran toward the rail and jumped

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www.newidea.com.au/woman-who-went-overboard-pacific-dawn-identified

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How awful for her 3 kids , geez.

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Her poor husband too! He tried to save her, but she fell.

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Her poor husband too! He tried to save her, but she fell.

 Yes , of course.  That's a difficult thing to live wih.



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I think that a lot of suicides are just an impulsive rash act.


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