Lost man ‘jumped’ from gay cruise
A man is feared dead after reportedly jumping from a gay cruise near Mexico.
The publicly unidentified man, 30, fell from his balcony on deck 11 of luxury liner Allure of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise liner.
Royal Caribbean International said that the incident, witnessed by a fellow passenger and CCTV footage, showed the man intentionally going overboard.
In a statement, the cruise line said the man had not responded to attempts to contact him in his room: “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.
“Our care team is providing support to the guest’s family and our thoughts and prayers are with them.”
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: “We are aware that a British national has been reported missing in Mexico.
“His family have been informed and we are providing consular assistance.”
The man reportedly fell at 12.10pm GMT, or 7.10am local time, on Friday of last week.
The ship had been chartered by Atlantis Events.
In November of last year, an American man was jailed for selling drugs on the Allure of the Seas from what the sentencing judge termed an “apothecary” in his cabin.
Steven Krumholz, 51, from California, was found with more than 142 ecstasy pills, methamphetamine, a small amount of ketamine, and about $51,000 (£31,000) in cash.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 21 months in prison for dealing drugs to fellow passengers on the gay cruise.
