On January 29th a 26 year old man fell to his death from a upper deck of the Carnival Fantasy’s lobby. At the time, the ship was docked in Nassau, Bahamas and the death was investigated by local Bahamian authorities. He was declared dead on the spot and his official cause of death has been declared a suicide.
Today, January 30th a 47 year old woman died aboard Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas. She died after missing a step on a staircase and fell to the bottom. She died later in the ship’s clinic due to head trauma. This case is currently being investigated by the FBI.
Both of the cruise lines have reached out to the families involved in these tragic cases.
As more details emerge we will update them here.