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Passenger fell over board
On July 31, 2023, at about 7:50 a.m. the MRCC Singapore operated by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) was notified that a passenger of the 'Spectrum of the Seas' had fallen overboard in the Singapore Strait, while the shizp was heading to Singapore. The MRCC Singapore coordinated the search and immediately issued navigational a safety broadcast to vessels in the Singapore Strait and vessels in port to keep a lookout for the missing person and report any sightings to MRCC Singapore. The vessel was berthed in Singapore to support the investigation. It departed Singapore again at around 4:30 p.m.
Medevac off Port Dickson
A 66-year-old female passenger who suffered a stroke on board the 'Spectrum of the Seas', en route from Penang to Singapore, was evacuated by the Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) in the evening of April 26, 2023. The cruise ship had transmitted a call for help on April 25 at 5 p.m. with details of the medical emergency to the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Putrajaya. The MRCC then relayed this request to the Maritime Rescue Sub Centre (MRSC) in Johor Bahru. The MMEA deployed a fast craft that was already on patrol to the cruise ship, which was sailing 3,8 nautical miles southwest of Port Dickson. The passenger, an Indonesian national, was medevaced by the fast craft to a jetty in Port Dickson, where she arrived at around 10 p.m. and was taken to Port Dickson Hospital. Report with photo: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/malaysia-cruise-passenger-penang-stroke-evacuation-spectrum-seas-3448336
Passenger died on board
The ‘Spectrum of the Seas’ informed local authorities that a 35 year old Indonesian passengers died on board en route to Phuket. The body was taken to Patong Hospital after the ship reached Patong on Nov 12, 2022. Police officers arrived at the bay along with a doctor from the Patong Hospital and rescue workers. The wife told that she found her husband during the night unresponsing and alerted the medical personnel which in vain tried to resuscitate him. He was declared dead at 2.27 a.m. He could have died from a hear failure.
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