Sunday, December 28, 2008
Search continues for missing US cruise passenger
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican Navy boats and helicopters are searching water off the Caribbean resort of Cancun for an American woman who reportedly fell from a cruise ship.
A U.S. Coast Guard search-and-rescue crew using a C-130 aircraft was looking for 36-year-old Jennifer Seitz late Saturday. Seitz's husband reported her missing from the Norwegian Pearl cruise ship just before 5 a.m. EST Friday. Her hometown was not available.
Mexico's Fifth Naval Regional Command said in a statement it had found no sign of Seitz and was having to deal with "adverse conditions" and strong waves in the search taking place just over 17 miles east of Cancun. Crews have covered more than 2,500 square miles searching for Seitz.
Norwegian Cruise Line says the ship returns to Miami Sunday after seven-day western Caribbean cruise.
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