A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said: “We are aware of the reports
and are looking into them.”
The guest saw the man fall overboard at 12.10pm (7.10am local time) on Friday,
a statement from Royal Caribbean said.
The company added: “The ship made multiple public announcements and they
began a complete search of the ship, in efforts to locate the guest.
“When the guest did not respond to the pages and was not found on-board,
the captain alerted the local authorities of the situation.
“A review of the ship’s closed-circuit camera footage observed the
30-year-old British male guest going over the balcony railing in his
stateroom on deck 11.
“The location of the ship at the time the guest went overboard was marked
on the ship’s Global Positioning System (GPS) and the US and Mexican
coastguard were alerted.
“Allure of the Seas, along with Mexican coastguard, Mexican navy and the
pilot boat, conducted a search for the missing guest.”
The coastguard released the ship at around 2.30pm (9.30am local time) and it
continued on to Cozumel, where it arrived an hour later.
“Our care team is providing support to the guest’s family and our
thoughts and prayers are with them,” the statement said.
“Allure of the Seas is currently sailing a seven-night Caribbean
itinerary that departed Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on January 29, with port
calls to Labadee, Haiti; Costa Maya and Cozumel, Mexico.”
A spokeswoman for Royal Caribbean International said the ship had been fully
chartered by Atlantis Events, whose website says it is “the largest
company in the world dedicated to creating unique vacations for the gay and
lesbian community”.
The Allure of the Seas boasts a park with more than 12,000 live plants, a zip
line, a theatre, a casino and a nightclub.
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