Death and Injury

Two passengers, including a 7-year-old child, required urgent medical attention aboard Oasis of the Seas, forcing the Royal Caribbean ship to turn back to Nassau for shoreside care.
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A 58 year old Minnesota man died from complications he suffered from a spinal injury aboard Princess Cruises’ Sun Princess. The man, Stephen “Steve” Junker, was celebrating his son’s wedding when the tragedy occurred.

On August 16, Junker suffered a severe injury “after falling and nearly drowning” on the Sun Princess according to the…

A male passenger on Ambassador Cruise Line’s Ambition died after going overboard off the east coast of Scotland. A search and rescue operation led by the coast guard and the Scottish police found a body by Friday evening, August 21. Police say the victim’s family was notified.

The Ambition was on the final day of…

A crew member died after going overboard from the Regal Princess during the early hours of Monday, July 13, 2026. The Princess Cruises ship was sailing off the coast of Cancún, Mexico when the tragedy occurred.

No Automatic Man Overboard System

The Regal Princess, along with all other Princess Cruises ships, does not have…

A man died after going overboard from the Carnival Liberty while the ship was sailing from Celebration Key to Nassau, as reported first by WDSU.

A Carnival spokesperson said that the man climbed over his stateroom balcony and jumped overboard into the water. This is an unusually direct statement from Carnival, which typically uses more…

The woman who fell to her death on the Carnival Firenze has been identified as 24-year-old Brianna Miller. The tragedy occurred around 2:00 a.m. local time on April 27, less than 24 hours after the ship departed on a 4-day cruise from Long Beach, California.

The Carnival Firenze was near Catalina Island, off the coast…

A 67-year-old Tasmanian woman drowned while snorkeling the Tangalooma Wrecks at Moreton Island, Australia on Friday, April 17. The woman, who has not been publicly identified, was a passenger aboard the Carnival Splendor, which offers snorkeling excursions to the Tangalooma Wrecks.

The Incident

A witness told Courier Mail, “The current at the wrecks…

A young man was found deceased aboard Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the Seas while the ship was in port in Singapore on January 19th, 2026. The cruise was finishing its three-night voyage to Penang Island in Malaysia when the incident occurred.

According to Singapore newspaper The Straits Times, police received a call about the…

An elderly Melbourne man died after going overboard from the Disney Wonder at 4:30 a.m. on November 22nd.

The incident took place in the Tasman Sea, between Australia and New Zealand, during the ship’s five-night voyage starting in Melbourne.

Search and Rescue Operation Conducted by Disney Wonder Crew

The ship changed course at 4:35 a.m.

An 18-year-old passenger died aboard Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Horizon during a 6-night Caribbean voyage from Miami. The woman has been identified as Anna Kepner.

Kepner’s family described their daughter as a joyful, straight-A student who was planning to join the military. She was from Titusville, Florida.

Limited information about the cause or events leading…

A 73-year old female passenger who was travelling on the Holland America Line (HAL) ship, the Nieuw Amsterdam, died last week in a jet ski accident in the Bahamas over the weekend. 

The woman smashed into a rock when she lost control, Bahamian officials said.  According to the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF)…