Coast Guard searches for cruise ship passenger 47 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 10/24/2019 11:29 PM EDT

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U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Public Affairs Detachment Texas
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Coast Guard searches for cruise ship passenger 47 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is searching for a 26-year-old male who was reported overboard from the Carnival Dream 47 miles southeast of Galveston, Texas, Thursday evening.

At 8:45 p.m., Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders were notified that a 26-year-old male had gone overboard from the Carnival Dream. Watchstanders issued an urgent marine information broadcast and launched an Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter crew and an Air Station Corpus Christi HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew.

Involved in the search:

  • Coast Guard Air Station Houston
  • Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi
  • Carnival Dream
  • Good Samaritan vessel

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