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Woman dies after cruise ship overboard alert | Woman dies after cruise ship overboard alert |
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A casualty from the MSC Virtuosa was located by a French helicopter crew | A casualty from the MSC Virtuosa was located by a French helicopter crew |
A woman has died after she went overboard from a cruise ship near the Channel Islands, say rescue services. | A woman has died after she went overboard from a cruise ship near the Channel Islands, say rescue services. |
An alert was sent out at about 02:00 BST for a search for the woman in her 20s north of Les Casquets rocks, west of Alderney. | An alert was sent out at about 02:00 BST for a search for the woman in her 20s north of Les Casquets rocks, west of Alderney. |
The French search and rescue service said the casualty from the MSC Virtuosa was winched from the sea by a helicopter crew and was later pronounced dead by doctors. | The French search and rescue service said the casualty from the MSC Virtuosa was winched from the sea by a helicopter crew and was later pronounced dead by doctors. |
An investigation is under way into the death by UK and French police, the service said. | An investigation is under way into the death by UK and French police, the service said. |
The casualty was winched from the north of Les Casquets | The casualty was winched from the north of Les Casquets |
A plane from Channel Islands Air Search was sent to the scene from Guernsey, along with lifeboat crews from Alderney and France and the French helicopter crew based near Cherbourg. | A plane from Channel Islands Air Search was sent to the scene from Guernsey, along with lifeboat crews from Alderney and France and the French helicopter crew based near Cherbourg. |
The Maltese-flagged cruise ship is 331m (1,086ft) long and 43m (141ft) wide, according to MarineTraffic, external. | |
It is currently berthed at Southampton docks, having arrived at about 08:00 from Cartagena Port in Spain. | |
The owners of the ship have been approached for comment. | The owners of the ship have been approached for comment. |
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