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| Coast Guard suspends search for missing cruise ship passenger near Bahamas |
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MIAMI -- The Coast Guard suspended its search at 8 p.m. Saturday for a missing cruise ship passenger who reportedly went overboard about 60 miles north of Nassau, Bahamas. The Coast Guard searched an area of nearly 590 square miles for the 39-year-old man who reportedly went overboard from the cruise ship Norwegian Sky around 3 a.m. Saturday. The Norwegian Sky departed Friday from Miami for a three-day cruise and was traveling to its first port of call in Nassau.
Norwegian Sky crewmembers contacted the Coast Guard for assistance around 4 a.m. Saturday. Search and rescue coordinators at the Seventh Coast Guard District in Miami launched an HU-25 Falcon jet crew and an HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Miami, as well as an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from the Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC) on Andros Island, Bahamas, to begin search efforts. Also assisting in the search were:
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