JUNEAU (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a 40-year-old Texas woman who fell overboard off a cruise ship in Lynn Canal, north of Juneau.
The Coast Guard ended the effort May 17 after searching for Selena Pau Pres, of Houston, for about nine hours, Coast Guard Petty Officer Ali Blackburn said. The search was conducted by boat and a helicopter in the waters near Eldred Rock in Lynn Canal, about 20 miles south of Haines.
The captain of the cruise ship Celebrity Solstice reported the missing woman at 3 a.m. May 17, the Coast Guard said.
“Because of the searching that we’ve done, it has yielded negative results,” Blackburn said. That, coupled with an estimated survival time of just over six hours in the water, led the Coasts Guard to suspend the search, she said.
The survival time was based on factors like water and air temperatures and the person’s age. The National Weather Service said the water temperature was 41 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Celebrity Solstice is operated by Celebrity Cruises, and can carry up to 3,400 passengers and 1,000 crew. It was on the fourth day of a week-long round-trip cruise from Seattle when the woman fell overboard.
Reader Comments(0)