What Happens If You Fall Off A Cruise Ship

It is hard to imagine how someone could fall off a cruise ship.

What happens if you fall off a cruise ship. In August 2018 a UK woman was sailing on the Adriatic Sea. Cruise ships these days are flat bottomed and displace tones of water when moving so you would get pushed aside before getting shredded by the propellers. River ships are smaller than traditional ocean liners so the chances of a deadly fall are slimmer.

A few of our galley crew saw a body fall past them and into the water and they immediately advised the bridge and threw a life ring a spokeswoman for Crystal Cruises said. If a guest on a cruise ship falls overboard the cruise ship will stop and return to the location of the accident to look for the passenger. It is extremely difficult to accidentally fall off a cruise ship.

Ive never fallen off a cruise ship. On a smaller ship like a destroyer or frigate it isnt too bad but on something like a Carrier a fall from the flight deck is high enough to cause damage depending on how you hit the water. You can also get the breath knocked out of youor worse.

Cruise line staff will be on hand to direct you to the correct line. Once you survive the fall you then need to survive in the water until you are rescued. Remember the whole thing about some cruise ships being taller than the Eiffel Tower.

So how does it happen. Smaller cruises also make it less likely to. The only thing harder than falling off a cruise ship is surviving the fall.

Its a really long fall to begin with so good chance youll at least really hurt yourself and drown that way. The next problem is the ship is moving fast and you are in danger of getting sucked up into the propellers. If you fall from a great height not only do you risk breaking a limb as you hit the water but it will knock all the air out of you and you can drown very quickly.