A search is underway for a passenger who fell overboard from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship this week.
The U.S. Coast Guard in Honolulu, Hawaii, was alerted by a Quantum of the Seas vessel that an Australian man had fallen off the ship around 11 p.m. local time on Tuesday, according to a news release. The ship departed from Australia over two weeks ago, and is expected to reach its destination, Honolulu, on Friday.
The ship’s crew searched for approximately two hours on Tuesday night and deployed six life rings, but the passenger was not located, per the release.
A day later, Coast Guard crews began their search, with an aircrew searching the area — which is roughly 500 miles south of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii — for six hours, to no avail.
According to the release, the crew resumed their search at “first light” on Thursday morning.
Australian news outlet Nine Newsreported that an …