A search and rescue operation is underway for a lady who fell overboard from a cruise liner in Spain.
An alarm was sounded at 2am the other day just hours after the Azamara Quest left Barcelona, and was off the coast of Majorca.
While the citizenship of the female has actually not yet been revealed, she has actually been referred to as ‘middle-aged’.
It is up until now uncertain how the event took place, however this was the very first of an eight-day adults-only cruise around Spain with a drop in Casablanca, Morocco.
Two Spanish Coastguard helicopters have actually been mobilised to try to find her together with among its vessels, and the cruise liner likewise paused its journey to assist.
‘Today at 2am the cruise liner Azamara Quest has informed our centre in Palma about a person who had fallen into the water 75 miles off Majorca,’ a representative for the Spanish Coastguard stated.
‘All night our helicopters Helimer 206 and 223 have been searching for her in an operation which has also involved the cruise ship and our vessel Concepcion Arenal.’
The whole Azamara fleet went back to operations for the very first time in more than 2 years at the end of May after the pandemic.
The Azamara Quest is a mid-sized ship which boasts 7 dining establishments, cafés and lounges.
It is because of leave the Danish capital Copenhagen on June 28 on a 14- night Baltic Capitals Voyage.
Currently being promoted from ₤ 1,520 per individual, the cruise ends up on July 12 at Southampton.
Destinations promoted by the business consist of Greece, Turkey, Italy and Crete, to name a few.
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