Tuesday, November 14, 2023

La. man missing from cruise ship

Update from WVUE: The Coast Guard confirmed that air crews spent several hours Nov. 13 searching off Louisiana’s coast after a Houma, La., man was reported missing from the Carnival Glory cruise ship. 

A Coast Guard spokesman cautioned that it had not received a report from the cruise ship of anyone confirmed as having fallen or jumped overboard, only of a passenger on the vessel who could not be located.

Family members posting on social media identified the missing man as Tyler Lee Barnett. A sister also on the cruise ship posted that he was last seen Sunday at 11:40 p.m. and that an onboard search started Monday around 7 a.m.


NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard confirms it is actively searching for a man who went missing while aboard the cruise ship Carnival Glory after the ship set sail from the Port of New Orleans on Nov. 13. (Coast Guard 11/14/23) IMAGERY AVAILABLE: Coast Guard searching for missing Carnival Glory passenger > United States Coast Guard News > Press Releases (uscg.mil) 

Carnival Cruise Line officials sent a statement to WDSU that reads in part: Carnival Glory's security team began an immediate search of the ship after a guest was reported missing Monday morning by a family member. The shipboard team also reviewed camera footage and notified the U.S. Coast Guard. Our Care Team is supporting the missing guest's family on board. The ship was cleared to proceed to Montego Bay, Jamaica as scheduled and is expected to arrive there Wednesday. Carnival Glory departed New Orleans on Sunday for a week-long sailing and is also scheduled to call on Grand Cayman and Cozumel.

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