NEWYORKPOST
A passenger has died after jumping from the world’s largest cruise ship on the first night of his week-long voyage, officials said.
The unidentified man jumped from Royal Caribbean’s new 1,200-foot-long Icon of the Seas — which holds 7,600 passengers and 2,350 crew members — soon after it left Florida for Honduras on Sunday morning, the Coast Guard told The Post.
“The cruise ship deployed one of their rescue boats, located the man and brought him back aboard,” the Coast Guard said.
“He was pronounced deceased. Beyond assisting in the search, the US Coast Guard did not have much involvement in this incident,” the agency added.
According to CruiseHive, the ship was only about 300 miles from PortMiami at the time of the incident.
The ship stopped for about 2 hours while members of the 2,350-person crew helped the Coast Guard accomplish its search and rescue mission.
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