The body of a young woman who went missing after falling overboard from a cruise ship off the South Australian coast has been found.
Police say crew members were alerted that the passenger was missing about 11.30pm on Tuesday, when the Pacific Explorer was situated 45 kilometres west of Cape Jaffa in the state’s south-east.
A spokeswoman for Australian Maritime Safety Authority confirmed that the body of a woman was found by a rescue helicopter at around 7am on Wednesday.“AMSA expresses condolences to the family of the deceased,” the spokeswoman said.The Southern Ocean was scoured from the air by search and rescue aircraft and two helicopters on Wednesday morning before the woman’s body was discovered.
“As you can appreciate this has also deeply impacted our remaining guests and crew. We thank all involved who supported this distressing and challenging search operation.”The visit to Kangaroo Island will no longer occur and the ship is expected to return to Melbourne.
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