Guard searches for missing cruise ship passenger (AP)

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 12:01 AM By dwi

SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Coast Guard was intelligent the waters off San Diego and northern Mexico late weekday for a blackamoor who was reportable absent from a voyage ship.

The 65-year-old woman, whose study was not released, did not exhibit up for a customs check when the Celebrity Millennium board cropped in San Diego around 1 p.m., Coast Guard Petty Officer Henry Dunphy said.

It was the prototypal U.S. port of call after the board obstructed in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. The voyage began in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and is destined for Vancouver, British Columbia.

Dunphy said it was doable the blackamoor went overboard somewhere between Cabo San screenwriter and San Diego, so crews were intelligent an area that spans 175 miles between the cities.

"She was back on the boat after Cabo and was seen aboard the board patch in transit, and then she came up absent in San Diego," Dunphy said.

A helicopter was dispatched from San Diego and an HC-130 Herakles plane was dispatched from Sacramento to countenance for her, but the aery search was suspended after the solarise went downbound around 8 p.m.

Dunphy said the aery search module move again at prototypal light Wednesday. In the meantime, a guard boat is tracing the voyage ship's route to search for the woman.

FBI spokesman Darrell Foxworth said agents were also investigating.

A call to a spokeswoman for Miami-based Celebrity Cruises after playing hours was not directly returned.


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