Major search for British woman who ‘fell off cruise ship in the Atlantic’

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The alarm was raised on board Tui’s Marella Voyager cruise ship after the woman was discovered missing (Picture: Tom Fallon) A British pensioner is missing and feared to have…

A British pensioner is missing and feared to have fallen overboard from an Atlantic cruise.

The alarm was raised on board the Tui’s Marella Voyager cruise ship after the 72-year-old was spotted missing.

She is believed to have fallen off the cruise liner in the middle of the Atlantic, but the tragedy was not noticed until hundreds of miles later.

The woman was last seen on board late on Monday afternoon, the Daily Mail reports.

Marella Voyager, carrying 2,000 passengers, set sail from Malaga in Spain last Wednesday and headed to the Caribbean.

But the over a week-long cruise took a turn after a cabin steward noticed the woman’s bed hadn’t been slept in the previous night.

By the time of the discovery, the cruise had sailed for around 550 miles from the estimated location of her fall and it was unable to turn around, it is understood.

The US Coast Guard’s rescue coordination centre in Virginia has urged other vessels in the area to look out for her.

At about 7.30pm on Tuesday, a woman passenger was asked to report to the reception.

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