CYPRESS, Texas – A Cypress man who fell from a cruise ship off the coast of Key Largo, Florida, is being sought by search-and-rescue crews, the Coast Guard said.
Watchstanders received a report from a crew on board the Royal Caribbean Navigator of the Seas at 3 a.m. Saturday about David Mossman, 46, who fell 100 feet from the 10th deck of the cruise ship into the water 36 nautical miles south of Carysfort Reef Light, according to the Coast Guard.
Search-and-rescue crews have searched 946 square nautical miles and planned to search throughout Saturday night, officials said.
Royal Caribbean released the followings statement:
"On Friday, March 4, 2016, at approximately 10:55 p.m., a guest onboard Navigator of the Seas reported that they had witnessed another guest going overboard from their stateroom balcony. A review of the ship’s closed-circuit camera footage observed a 46-year-old male guest from the U.S. going overboard from deck 10. The location of the ship at the time the guest went overboard was marked on the ship’s Global Positioning System (GPS), and the ship, along with the Coast Guard, conducted a search for the missing guest. Early Saturday morning, the ship was advised by the Coast Guard that they would be assuming control of the search and the ship resumed its journey to Port Everglades, Florida. Royal Caribbean’s Care Team is providing support to the guest’s family and our thoughts and prayers are with them. Navigator of the Seas sailed a six-night itinerary that departed Port Everglades, on February 28, made a port calls to Georgetown, Grand Cayman; Falmouth, Jamaica; and Labadee, Haiti."