Navigator of the Seas, built by Royal Caribbean International in 2002, weighs 139,570 GT and carries 3,276 passengers at double occupancy.(Photo: Royal Caribbean International)
Hope was fast fading Sunday after a Texas man fell from the deck of a Royal<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Caribbean cruise ship off the coast of Key West.
The Coast Guard said in a statement it<span style="color: Red;">*</span>received a report from the crew aboard the Navigator of the Seas early Saturday that David<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Mossman fell approximately 100 feet from the 10th deck of the cruise ship. Mossman, 46, disappeared into the water about 40<span style="color: Red;">*</span>miles south of Key Largo's Carysfort Reef Light.
"An "urgent" marine broadcast was issued and the Coast Guard Cutter Gannet was launched to begin the search for Mossman, 46. A Coast Guard Air Station Miami MH-65 helicopter and a HC-144 plane also joined the search.
As of Sunday morning, the search had covered more than 2,200 square miles, the Coast Guard said.
Royal Caribbean has had other struggles recently.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The company's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Anthem of the Seas was battered by a major Atlantic storm a month ago, forcing<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the captain to confine passengers to their cabins overnight in the face of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>“extreme wind and sea conditions." Then last week<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the Anthem was hit by<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a norovirus outbreak.
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Royal Caribbean did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the search for Mossman.
The Navigator of the Seas holds a maximum of more than 3,800 passengers and more than 1,200 crew members. Its website boasts that was the first ship to debut "virtual balconies" that provide the "sights and sounds of the sea with expansive real-time views of the ocean and our exciting destinations ... from the comforts of your interior stateroom."
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