

Male passenger dies jumping off Icon of the Seas, world’s largest cruise ship during his first night of week long cruise from Florida to Honduras. No known motive. Latest tragedy on Royal Caribbean.
A cruise passenger was ‘pronounced deceased’ after jumping off Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, described as the world’s largest cruise ship.
The unidentified man jumped 80ft from the 1,200-foot-long ship on the first night of his week-long trip, which took off from Florida for Honduras on Sunday morning.
At the time of the incident, the ship was only 300 miles from PortMiami, according to CruiseHive.
🇺🇸 | LO ÚLTIMO
Un pasajero murió tras saltar del crucero más grande del mundo, el Icon of the Seas.
El hombre, cuyo nombre no ha sido revelado, fue encontrado por un bote de rescate del barco, pero falleció al ser llevado de regreso a bordo. pic.twitter.com/3DBgORd8in
— UHN Plus (@UHN_Plus) May 28, 2024
Cruise ship halted as search mission deployed
The Icon of the Seas – which holds 7,600 passengers and 2,350 crew – halted travel for about two hours as the Coast Guard carried out and completed their search mission.
‘The cruise ship deployed one of their rescue boats, located the man and brought him back aboard,’ the Coast Guard told the nypost.
The jumper was brought back onboard in critical condition before he succumbed to his injuries, the report stated.
‘He was pronounced deceased.
‘Beyond assisting in the search, the US Coast Guard did not have much involvement in this incident.’
Guests aboard the passenger ship shared videos about the rescue mission, some expressing shock that the jumper was initially found alive.
Others shared clips of the rescue boats heading away from the cruise ship to retrieve the passenger.
To date it remained unclear what led to the man jumping off the passenger ship and whether they had intended to take their own life.
The Icon of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship, took its maiden voyage in January of this year.
ICON of THE SEAS……THE FLOATING RESORT.
Unique unimaginable.🤔 pic.twitter.com/iUQiRG8JWW— AJIT PRAKASH; (10.3K LAPSED a/c) (@FREEBIRD7347) May 20, 2024
Intended suicide?
The 1,200-foot-long ship has 20 decks and is nearly the size of four city blocks.
It boasts a 17,000-square-foot water park with six waterslides and seven pools — including the 40,000-gallon Royal Bay, which is the largest pool at sea — and Absolute Zero, the largest ice skating rink at sea.
There are also a theater, a carousel and more than 40 restaurants, bars and lounges aboard.
In April, 20-year-old Levion Parker jumped overboard from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in front of his horrified family.
The 18-story Liberty of the Seas was traveling between Cuba and the Bahamas’ Grand Inagua Island when the incident happened. It is believed the man had just had a fight with his father for ‘drinking too much.’