NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching for a missing cruise ship passenger, approximately 150 miles offshore SouthWest Pass, Louisiana. The passenger is described as a 32-year-old African American woman.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a call at approximately 3 p.m. Wednesday reporting a passenger on the Carnival Valor cruise ship had fallen overboard. The watchstanders directed the launch of rescue crews to begin searching.
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Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144A Ocean Sentry aircrew and Coast Guard Air Station Clear Water Medium Range Recovery MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew are involved in the search.