Cruise Passenger Reported Overboard Near Cancun

Friday, December 26, 2008

http://www.wftv.com/

MEXICO CITY -- Authorities say three Mexican Navy boats and a helicopter were searching the waters off the Caribbean resort of Cancun on Friday for an American woman who reportedly fell from a cruise ship.

A U.S. Coast Guard search-and-rescue crew using a Falcon jet halted its efforts to find 36-year-old Jennifer Seitz late Friday, but will resume early Saturday morning using a larger C-130 aircraft.

Seitz's husband reported her missing from the Norwegian Pearl cruise ship just before 5 a.m. EST Friday. Her hometown was not available.

Mexico's Fifth Naval Regional Command said in a statement that by late Friday it had found no sign of Seitz and was having to deal with "adverse conditions" and strong waves in the search taking place just over 17 miles (27 kilometers) east of Cancun.

Norwegian Cruise Line says the ship left Sunday from Miami for a seven-day western Caribbean cruise.