Cruise crew member missing after falling overboard on Christmas Day

A Royal Caribbean spokesman told the Mirror: “We are saddened to report that after a review of the ship’s closed-circuit camera footage, he was observed entering an area on Deck 5 at around 4am and was not seen again.

“Local authorities were notified and a ship-wide search for the crew member was conducted.”

While deemed to be rare, a number of passengers and crew members have recently gone missing overboard.

Also this month, a 22-year old went overboard on a Mexico cruise and was not found, while a 26-year-old man also went overboard in Miami.

How often do passengers fall overboard and what can be done to stop it?