BODY IS FOUND AFTER CRUISE SHIP PASSENGER FELL OVERBOARD
- Body found in search for cruise ship passenger
- Man fell overboard off coast of Sydney
A body has been found after a P&O cruise ship passenger fell overboard off the coast of Sydney.
NSW Police received reports a person had gone overboard from the Pacific Adventure just 10 nautical miles off Sydney Heads just after 4am.
A desperate search was immediately launched before the body of a man was discovered at 10.30am.
Police will prepare a report for the coroner and launch an investigation into the death.
A man on the Pacific Adventure told 2GB radio that he and 2,600 other passengers woke to a 'man overboard call' early in the morning.
'We got woken up with the man overboard call and from there it's been all on for a couple of hours now,' he said.
A driver who was supposed to pick up passengers from the Pacific Adventure explained that he was told not to rush because the 'the ship's stopped outside the head and somebody's gone overboard.'
P&O Cruises earlier staff were providing the passenger's family with support.
The Pacific Adventure is returning from a three-day cruise to Queensland's Morton Island which is understood to have had an Elvis theme.
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