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    A woman walks away from the famous solstice during an Alaska cruise – why isn’t there an automatic system for a man at sea on this late date?

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    A woman went into the sea from celebrity coup Early in the morning on May 17, 2022 while the ship was sailing on the Alaskan itinerary. KTOO reported that “a cruise ship camera showed the woman sailing at approximately 3 a.m. on Tuesday while the ship was sailing from Juneau to Skagway.”

    There was no explanation from Celebrity Cruises as to why or how the passenger went to sea or even an acknowledgment that the cruise line guest had disappeared from the ship.

    The US Coast Guard said the Celebrity’s captain first reported it at 3:00 a.m. yesterday. The time between the guest crossing over the rails and the cruise line for a Coast Guard notification is currently unknown. We do not know when the agency launched the crew of the MH-60 Jayhawk from Air Station Sitka. We know that a 45-foot-tall response boat from the Juneau Coast Guard Station and Coast Guard District Chandlor I arrived around 5:00 am. The ship’s crew used the search boats until 5 a.m. when Coast Guard crews showed up to help. 13-WGME stated that it was “unclear whether the ship is residing in the area or not.” There is no indication that AIS tracking systems celebrity coup It changed its scheduled course to conduct a search for the passenger on board.

    The Coast Guard rescue effort was unsuccessful and ended nine hours later. By the time the media started covering on board today, the search had already ended about 24 hours ago.

    Celebrity Cruises is one cruise company that refuses to install automated human-on-board (MOB) systems, as required by the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010. These systems use advanced motion detection technology, infrared technology, and radar to send a signal directly to The bridge is when a person crosses the rails and then follows the person in the water even at night.

    Cruise ships without such systems first perform a manual search of the ship and then review the video clip of the cameras along the side of the ship (which are not actively turned on) to see if they show someone sailing at sea. (In fact, Celebrity’s parent company, Royal Caribbean Cruises, requires Royal Caribbean-owned vessels to first contact the Royal Caribbean Global Security Office in Miami before tipping the ship to begin seawater searches.) Like “Old school” systems unreasonably delay rescue efforts. It’s akin to looking for a tiny needle in a huge haystack.

    There is no indication when the cruise line first realized that the woman had gone overboard.

    CruiseJunkie website cruise expert Dr. Ross Klein notes that 367 people have gone to sea from cruise ships since 2000. Most cruise lines have not installed automatic MOB systems, despite the requirements of the Cruise Vessel Security & Safety Act to do so more than one year ago. of a decade.

    There are many automated control systems available for use as described here and here.

    Coast Guard searches for guests and crew members typically cost about $1,000,000 to search, depending on the number of helicopters, cutters, and other vessels in use and the duration of the search, as evidenced by documents we have obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). ) requests. Cruise lines are not obligated to reimburse the Coast Guard for these costs. These free services offered by this federal agency are just one of the many perks that an integrated offshore cruise line enjoys despite these facts that they all register their ships in foreign countries (except for NCL’s America’s pride) in order to avoid all US income taxes, US wages and labor law, and US occupational health and safety laws.

    Since 2010, when the Cruise Ship Safety and Security Act was passed, there have been about 120 passengers and crew members who have gone out to sea on cruise ships. In the past two years before the COVID-19 pandemic (218 and 2019), an average of more than 27 passengers and crew members went to sea each year. However, cruise lines refuse to comply with the law and install MOB systems. These systems have always been readily available in the market; Many manufacturers are still eager to sell and install such systems. The cruise industry has largely dismissed these manufacturers without any real explanation.

    Disney Cruise Line, as far as we know, is the only cruise line in the United States to install such systems on its fleet of cruise ships. Royal Caribbean, its sister brand Celebrity, and all Carnival-owned brands refuse to do so, despite the relatively inexpensive costs. The average cost to purchase and install such a system is around $300,000 to $500,000 per cruise ship.

    Until the cruise industry has to comply with installing such regulations, perhaps by Congress banning them from US ports until their ships comply, don’t expect lines like Celebrity to do so. Celebrity seems to have chosen not to bother providing an explanation when a guest goes overboard and disappears in the middle of a vacation cruise.

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