A man went overboard from Oasis of the Seas, while the ship was docked in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The incident happen on Wednesday evening when an unidentified male passenger fell from the Deck 10 while the cruise ship was docked at Pier 3 in Old San Juan.
Shortly after the Man Overboard alarm the captain and his crew gathered passengers at muster stations to conduct guests count and identify the missing person.
The Coast Guard joined the search with boats and divers in an attempt to locate the missing passenger. Several hours later the divers recovered the body of a white male says a passenger in a post on Twitter. According to reports the man who went overboard was Atlantis Events contractor.
Oasis of the Seas is hosting a 7-Night Atlantis Caribbean charter cruise that caters to the LGBT community.
We were just called to our emergency “muster” stations for a headcount. U.S. Coast Guard says an adult male went over board from the 10th floor. The passenger was on board the Oasis of the Seas, @royalcarribean ship docked in San Juan. pic.twitter.com/oRjvkkNilr
— Dan Matics (@danmaticsFOX) January 23, 2020
Aaron Mendoza, a passenger on the Oasis of the Seas cruise, shot footage of the Coast Guard searching for the man and the balcony from which he allegedly went overboard.
"They are looking for the person that went overboard. This is so sad. I hope they find him bit time is not on his side" he added to the post.
ABC reporter Mark Reddie, who is onboard the Oasis of the Seas, posted several tweets about the accident.
"The Captain of Atlantis Cruise is calling out the names of guests now from Decks 8 to 10 as search crews work to find a missing passenger off San Juan in Puerto Rico" he said.
Captain of #oasisoftheseas #RoyalCaribbean appeals around 4000 passengers to assemble to muster stations immediately as the search for a missing passenger at San Juan enters its fourth hour #breakingnews pic.twitter.com/Gbgo8ZZPx9
— Mark Reddie (@ReddieNews) January 23, 2020
All entertainment on #atlantiscruise including headline performance by electronic music group @aboveandbeyond postponed as the US coast guard searches for a missing passenger #oasisoftheseas #royalcaribbean - passenger missing almost 4 hours @AP @washingtonpost @MiamiHerald
— Mark Reddie (@ReddieNews) January 23, 2020
