Search on for passenger missing from Princess cruise ship

mercedes · September 24, 2009

(6:45 AM) -- A massive search-and-rescue operation is under way off the west coast of Canada today for a passenger who has gone missing from a Princess cruise ship.

The 67-year-old woman, who hasn't been identified, was noticed missing Wednesday after the 2,670-passenger Sapphire Princess pulled into Vancouver at the end of a cruise to Alaska.

The Princess vessel was at sea from late Monday, when it left the small port of Ketchikan, Alaska, until early Wednesday traveling down the scenic Inside Passage to Vancouver. Rescuers are searching the entire route -- an area that stretches for more than 500 miles.

The Associated Press reports the woman wasn't found during a search of the ship Wednesday, and her personal belongings were in her cabin.

The U.S. Coast Guard has sent a helicopter and boats to search the U.S. waters from Ketchikan south to the Canadian border -- an 86-mile stretch. Canadian rescue agencies are searching the much larger area of water between the Canadian border and Vancouver.

BSCorvette · September 24, 2009

(6:45 AM) -- A massive search-and-rescue operation is under way off the west coast of Canada today for a passenger who has gone missing from a Princess cruise ship.
The 67-year-old woman, who hasn't been identified, was noticed missing Wednesday after the 2,670-passenger Sapphire Princess pulled into Vancouver at the end of a cruise to Alaska.

The Princess vessel was at sea from late Monday, when it left the small port of Ketchikan, Alaska, until early Wednesday traveling down the scenic Inside Passage to Vancouver. Rescuers are searching the entire route -- an area that stretches for more than 500 miles.

The Associated Press reports the woman wasn't found during a search of the ship Wednesday, and her personal belongings were in her cabin.

The U.S. Coast Guard has sent a helicopter and boats to search the U.S. waters from Ketchikan south to the Canadian border -- an 86-mile stretch. Canadian rescue agencies are searching the much larger area of water between the Canadian border and Vancouver.

Seems like more and more people are falling off cruise ships? I would think it would be very hard to do unless you were suicidal or drunk out of your mind?