On Sunday we received emails inquiring about a Celebrity crewmember who went overboard from the Summit cruise ship. The Summit was sailing from San Juan, Puerto Rico, where it is currently based, to Barbados when the cruise employee disappeared. At the time we had no information.
Today the U.S. Coast Guard issued a statement that the missing crewmember is a Filipino woman, age thirty, employed as a bartender aboard the cruise ship. The cruise line states that she was seen jumping overboard Sunday morning, approximately 6 – 7 miles off the northeastern coast of Culebra Island, Puerto Rico. It is less than clear whether eyewitnesses observed this, or whether the incident was captured on the ship’s CCTV cameras.
The cruise ship notified the Coast Guard of the incident from the cruise ship at approximately 12:50 a.m. Sunday. We would be interested in learning when the cruise ship left San Juan, as the incident occurred shortly after departure.
The Coast Guard suspended its search last night.
Royal Caribbean / Celebrity cruise ships have seen the most alleged suicides over the course of the last 2 years. As we have said before, the Filipinos on cruise ships work incredibly long hours and are away from their families for long periods of time. At this point, it is unknown what led this young woman to jump if this is what happened.
A Filipino crewmember allegedly jumped from a Celebrity ship earlier this year. You can read about RCCL / Celebrity crew overboards below.
Another Celebrity Crewmember Goes Overboard
Crew Member Goes Overboard from Celebrity Constellation Cruise Ship
Another Overboard From A Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship? – Oasis of the Seas
Crew Member Overboard from Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas
“Man Overboard” Reported on Radiance of the Seas
Wife of Royal Caribbean Crew Member on Monarch of the Seas Goes OverBoard
Does anyone have information about this latest incident?
This story is provided by Cruise Law News.
4 replies on “Celebrity Crewmember Missing From Summit Cruise Ship”
I was on this ship last week and the woman jumped/fell a few minutes after midnight. The boat slowed down and stayed in the area for about 9 hours before they handed over the full.time task to the coast gaurd. Allegedly her husband was also employed and were seen fighting that night he was held in a holding cell.
Thank you for this information, I will pass this along to another cruise blogger/lawyer so he can add it to his story as well.
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Maya your information is not correct. They were not fighting and he was not held in a holding cell. He was kept in his room to calm him and was promised to stay till they get a news from the coast guard about his missing wife but unfortunately it was a misleading promise and he was forced to leave the next day. This story is more than a month now and still unclear on what really happened.