{"id":614157,"date":"2026-04-18T02:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T02:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/614157\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T02:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T02:22:10","slug":"search-underway-for-man-missing-from-cruise-ship-off-brisbane-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/614157\/","title":{"rendered":"Search underway for man missing from cruise ship off Brisbane coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A search operation is underway for a man aged in his 70s who went missing overboard from a cruise ship off the coast of Brisbane on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Carnival Cruise Line confirmed it was assisting authorities in a search for the man, who was reported missing around 2:00am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">In a statement, Carnival said the man &#8220;apparently climbed over the safety railing and jumped overboard&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A map of a ship's journey near Brisbane, Queensland.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/cae5d71bed643a8f3f1c67f76ab64515.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Vessel tracking shows the Carnival Splendor turned around while on its way to Sydney. (Supplied: cruisewatch.com)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;The male guest was travelling with family, who alerted the ship\u2019s crew of a possible missing person, and a review of the CCTV footage confirmed the guest\u2019s action,&#8221; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;All appropriate authorities have been alerted and Carnival will assist authorities in their investigation upon the ship\u2019s return to Sydney on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Carnival\u2019s Care Team is supporting the guest\u2019s family and our thoughts and prayers are with them and their loved one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A spokesperson for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said they were notified by Carnival that the man had been lost overboard approximately 30 kilometres north-east of Moreton Island.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The spokesperson said AMSA had sent its Cairns and Melbourne-based Challenger jets, five rescue helicopters and six surface vessels into the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Queensland police are assisting AMSA with the search.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A search operation is underway for a man aged in his 70s who went missing overboard from a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[28222,94496,239451,298189,43,298190,45318,44,91610,94,701,4106,63355,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-614157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-accident","9":"tag-australian-maritime-safety-authority","10":"tag-carnival-cruise-line","11":"tag-carnival-splendor","12":"tag-headlines","13":"tag-marine-incident","14":"tag-missing","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-overboard","17":"tag-qld","18":"tag-queensland","19":"tag-queensland-police","20":"tag-search-and-rescue","21":"tag-top-news","22":"tag-top-stories","23":"tag-topnews","24":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}