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Crew member falls from Carnival cruise ship leaving Cuba; Coast Guard search underway
By Shelby Lin Erdman, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
July 4, 2019The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a 37-year-old crew member who fell overboard Thursday from the Carnival cruise ship Victory.
It happened 30 miles northwest of Cuba as the Victory was returning to Miami from a four-day cruise, according to the USCG.
.@USCG is searching for a 37-year-old man Thursday who fell overboard from the cruise ship Carnival Victory approximately 30 miles northwest of Cuba. More here: https://t.co/KmsI8JENtA pic.twitter.com/KN7EEpIbUG
— USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) July 4, 2019
The agency received a report about the incident and launched an HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane and diverted the Coast Guard cutter Charles Sexton form the Miami Air Station to search for the man.