Middle-aged woman fell overboard from ship during adults-only cruise

The Azamara Quest had simply departed from Barcelona when the incident occurred (Image: Getty)

A search and rescue operation is underway for a girl who fell overboard from a cruise ship in Spain.

An alarm was sounded at 2am yesterday solely hours after the Azamara Quest left Barcelona, and was off the coast of Majorca.

Whereas the nationality of the lady has not but been made public, she has been described as ‘middle-aged’.

It's so far unclear how the incident occurred, however this was the primary of an eight-day adults-only cruise round Spain with a cease in Casablanca, Morocco.

Two Spanish Coastguard helicopters have been mobilised to search for her together with one in all its vessels, and the cruise ship additionally paused its journey to assist.

‘In the present day at 2am the cruise liner Azamara Quest has knowledgeable our centre in Palma about an individual who had fallen into the water 75 miles off Majorca,’ a spokesperson for the Spanish Coastguard stated.

‘All evening our helicopters Helimer 206 and 223 have been trying to find her in an operation which has additionally concerned the cruise ship and our vessel Concepcion Arenal.’

The complete Azamara fleet returned to operations for the primary time in additional than two years on the finish of Might after the pandemic.

The Azamara Quest is a mid-sized ship which boasts seven eating places, cafés and lounges.

It is because of depart the Danish capital Copenhagen on June 28 on a 14-night Baltic Capitals Voyage.

At present being marketed from £1,520 per particular person, the cruise finishes on July 12 at Southampton.

Locations marketed by the corporate embrace Greece, Turkey, Italy and Crete, amongst others.

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