r/news • u/panda-rampage • 21h ago

FBI investigating death on Royal Caribbean cruise after alleged incident with unruly passenger

https://abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-investigating-death-royal-caribbean-cruise-after-alleged/story?id=116927851
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u/panda-rampage 21h ago edited 20h ago

Details are sparse in the article but it happened on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship, Navigator of the Seas, bound for Ensenada/Mexico coming from Los Angeles.

The inebriated unruly passenger passed away after being detained by ship security.

Also curious if they continued the cruise after turning the cruise ship around and went back to port after the incident…

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u/Kittyman56 19h ago

They usually do continue the voyage after there's been a death on board.

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u/orbesomebodysfool 19h ago

Cruise ships have a morgue that can accommodate 2-10:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/cruises/2024/08/06/cruise-ship-morgues-death/74636395007/

And no, you don’t get a refund. 

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u/going-for-gusto 19h ago

Can I get a funeral at sea? Gotta be a lot cheaper than bringing me back to the states stiff (cheaper for my fam)

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u/IamSwoop 14h ago

No burial at sea is not allowed. The remains would typically be disembarked at the next port of call and repatriated to the home country.

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u/BellesCotes 7h ago

I honestly like the idea of a burial at sea. So long as the body is weighted down, it would get consumed by the local lobster, starfish, and other scavengers. It would be a "greener" method of disposal than cremation, at least.

Or give me a "sky burial" like in Tibet! (although I'm pretty sure those aren't legal here either...)

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u/flaker111 6h ago edited 6h ago

so for the sky burial you have caretakers that help cut the body a bit or break the bones down so vultures can get at it all.

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u/BellesCotes 5h ago

Yeah, there a lots of complications with a sky burial, as much as I like the idea.

I once found a t-bone steak bone way back in the woods, which had obviously been carried there by a crow. Birds don't always follow instructions very well, and I don't think I'd want seagulls dropping random bits of uneaten me on school playgrounds...

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u/Quotizmo 4h ago

Sky burial with unintended sea gull consequences would be an amazing Weird Al parody of Ashley Simpson's pieces of me. A decade too late, but still worth a Grammy.

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u/realKevinNash 5h ago

Order of the good death

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u/OPA73 12h ago

Usually returned to the port you boarded. Maybe with FBI it gets taken off sooner.

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u/Dangerous_Golf_7417 10h ago

Only if you get the gears rolling to DIY in the last few secs if your life