The 14 people had been missing at sea for over a week when the Icon of the Seas spotted their large white flag waving in the distance.
An aerial view of Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas, billed as the world's largest cruise ship, as it heads out to sea for its second voyage from Port Miami on February 03, 2024. The cruise ship encountered a small boat in distress on March 3, 2024 and rescued 14 individuals who had been stranded at sea, the company states.
The cruise ship was only on its first full day of sailing when it spotted the small boat. The cruise began in Miami and was headed towards Honduras when the rescue occurred.said she heard the ship’s crew broadcast “Code Oscar, Code Oscar, Code Oscar,” over the loudspeakers around 3 p.m. Sunday. From the windows looking out from the lunch buffet, she and her family could make out a tiny vessel in the distance. The people on board the boat were waving a large white flag.
The Icon of the Seas then “deployed a small zodiac-type rescue boat to investigate,” Amodio said. Zodiac is a brand name known for its inflatable motor boats. “Everyone around us was watching from the windows with us and just talking about how this isn’t something we ever thought to experience, and we hoped everyone on board was OK,” she said. “It was crazy to think that these people were stuck at sea for so long, and we were all on board excited and relieved that the ship was able to rescue them.”
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