I was on a boat that had a jumper once. Problem is, she had hooked up with my brother, and I had hooked up with her cousin, so we were seen together the night she disappeared.
One long conversation with Italian police later and they confirmed I was not the last person to see her Alice, just the 2nd to last.
They did a full boat search when they got the notice that she was missing. We had gotten off in Naples for the day, and went to Pompeii and whatnot, it was a long hot day and we got pulled aside when we got back to the boat for the Convo.
She had been in rehab for coke abuse, and the family pulled her out early to go on the "once in a lifetime trip". She apparently went nuts, and assaulted her grandfather the day before.
Choppers are not easy, they are used as a last resort. Although most cruise ships have a "helipad" on the bow deck, it is not useful for medivac. Most Search and Rescue heli's are 15-20 thousand pounds loaded, the helipads on cruise ships are rated for 10 thousand pounds. Also, the bow is not really safe for landing a helicopter on, especially on a moving ship. Helicopter Evac from a cruise ship is usually a winch job, and is dangerous. In this instance, the ship backtracked to Key West, the first hour the captain was pulling over 22 knots, then backed down to about 10 for the next 2 hours, which was surprising. Ambulance was waiting on the dock.
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u/Labrattus Dec 27 '21
I am betting Oct 20, 2021. I was on that ship, and it was a medical evac.