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Updated · Fox News · Sep 21

Carnival Panorama Passenger Jumps Overboard Off Mexico, Triggering Shipwide Search on 7-Day Cruise

Updated

Updated · Fox News · Sep 21

Carnival Panorama Passenger Jumps Overboard Off Mexico, Triggering Shipwide Search on 7-Day Cruise

Q: What crucial detail on the Carnival Panorama's CCTV finally confirmed the missing passenger's tragic fate at sea?

The CCTV review confirmed that the missing male passenger was seen going overboard from the Carnival Panorama. Carnival and passenger accounts did not publicly describe a more specific visual detail beyond that camera footage established he had gone into the sea. Some reports characterized it as the man having “jumped overboard,” while Carnival’s official statements were more limited, saying only that onboard cameras confirmed he was overboard. That video evidence ended the ship’s internal missing-person search and led authorities to continue the search-and-rescue effort at sea.

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 21

Carnival Cruise Line said a male guest jumped overboard from the Carnival Panorama while the ship was sailing from Puerto Vallarta to Long Beach on the final full day of a seven-day trip.
CCTV review confirmed the overboard incident after the guest was reported missing, prompting the crew to launch search procedures and notify both the U.S. and Mexican coast guards.
Around 11 a.m. Saturday, onboard announcements began for a missing guest; by about 3 p.m. the ship had turned around, and passengers were ordered back to their staterooms for a shipwide search.
By about 5 p.m., the captain told guests the man had been confirmed overboard and local authorities would continue search-and-rescue efforts, while Carnival said it was supporting the family traveling with him.
The ship had left Puerto Vallarta at 8 p.m. Thursday and later told passengers it still expected to arrive in Long Beach at 9 a.m.