Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point aircrews train in an HC-130H Hercules airplane on Feb. 17, 2022. The Coast Guard dispatched a Hercules aircraft to search for an Australian man who went overboard on April 25, 2023, about 500 miles south of Hawaii, while traveling on the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Quantum of the Seas. (Scott Handlin/U.S. Coast Guard)
(Tribune News Service) — A passenger who plunged from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship heading to Hawaii remains missing, the U.S. Coast Guard reported.
The Australian man went overboard at about 11 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, from the Quantum of the Seas about 500 miles south of Hawaii, the Coast Guard said in a news release.
The ship had been at sea 15 days on a cruise to Honolulu, where it is expected to arrive Friday, April 28, the release said.
The ship remained on scene for two hours to look for the man and the crew deployed six life rings, according to the release.
A U.S. Coast Guard C-130 Hercules searched for the missing passenger for six hours on Wednesday, April 26, and will resume its search Thursday, April 27, the release said.
The 16-deck Quantum of the Seas, launched in 2014, has 2,094 staterooms and carries up to 4,905 passengers, according to Royal Caribbean.
The current voyage departed from Brisbane, CNN reported. Royal Caribbean told the network the crew is working with local authorities in the search.
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