A passenger has died after falling overboard from a cruise ship.
A tourist captured the moment the man plummeted from an upper floor of the Norwegian Spirit cruise liner.
The photo shows a couple looking out to sea with a young child as the victim flashes past in front of them.
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He plunged into the ocean at around 11am yesterday (8 August).
The cruise liner departed from Keelung Port in Taiwan on Sunday for a six-day trip to Nagasaki in Japan and South Korea’s Jeju Island.
It was making its way back to Taiwan, where it docked earlier today (9 August), when the passenger fell overboard.
One eyewitness said: “We were sightseeing on the deck at that time, just looking at the sea, and then we heard a huge noise.
“Then everyone looked towards us and someone realised that a passenger had fallen into the sea.”
The cruise was stopped for nearly 40 minutes while staff activated safety protocols, launched search boats, and informed the maritime authorities.
The man’s dead body was found in the water shortly afterwards.
The victim was a 30-year-old man surnamed Li who lived in Taoyuan, Taiwan.
He boarded the ship with his brother on 4 August, as reported by Need To Know.
His body was reportedly stored in a freezer until the ship docked at Keelung Port.
Investigators boarded the vessel upon arrival to preserve any relevant evidence and try to establish how the man fell overboard.
The investigation is ongoing.
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