The Quantum of the Seas cruise ship is docked at the Marina Bay Cruise Center Wednesday, December 9, 2020 in Singapore.
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The Quantum of the Seas cruise ship is docked at the Marina Bay Cruise Center Wednesday, December 9, 2020 in Singapore.
Danial Hakim/AP
US Coast Guard crews will resume a search Thursday for a man who reportedly fell overboard on a cruise ship traveling in the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii.
Coast Guard coordination center he said she received a call from the Royal Caribbean ship Quantum of the Seas that an Australian man went overboard at around 11:03 pm on Tuesday.
The agency deployed an air search crew at about 7 am Wednesday to about 500 miles south of the city of Kailua-Kona on the big island of Hawaii. They arrived at the scene at around 9 am and stayed for about six hours before returning to a fuel pump.
The cruise ship has been at sea for 15 days and is expected to dock in Hawaii on Friday.
