Falling Off Cruise Ship

In 2016 so far there have only been four.

Falling off cruise ship. Royal Caribbean Cruises filed a motion this month asking the federal court in the Southern District of Florida to dismiss a suit by the family of the toddler Chloe Rae Margaret Wiegand who died. You Cant Just Fall Off A Cruise Ship. Of the roughly 22 million people who took a cruise in 2015 there were 27 incidents of passengers falling overboard.

Between 2000 and 2008 284 people fell overboard from cruise ships and 41 more fell from large ferries. This makes your chance of falling overboard on a cruise around 1 in 14 million. Approximately 300 individuals have fallen off cruise ships since 2000.

And heck maybe 13 people a year falling off ships sounds like a lot too but consider the fact that over 11 million people in the United States alone took cruises over the past 12 months and you begin to get a clearer picture. Fellow passengers could hear the woman screamin. If it happens at night youll be waiting to be rescued while its pitch black if you get rescued at all.

Wild about 19 people fall off of cruise ships or ferries every year. Posted on August 21 2018 by CruiseMiss 2 Comments. Eighteen-month-old Chloe Wiegand fell from the open window of a cruise ship docked in Puerto Rico in July.

Sadly most casesan estimated 85 to 90 percentend in death. Falling overboard is one of the rarest events that can happen on cruise ships and there are specific safety standards in place to reduce the risk. Note that the cruise lines do not release information about overboard incidents.

You cant just fall off a cruise ship its virtually impossible. High railings on public decks prevent passengers. On April 12 2018 a woman fell from the Pacific Dawn a PO cruise liner.