An onboard search is underway for a 72-year-old British passenger reported missing from the cruise ship Marella Voyager, according to a report by Cruise Hive.
The woman was last seen late in the afternoon on Monday, November 9, 2026. Concerns were raised on the evening of Tuesday, November 10, 2026, when a stateroom attendant discovered that the guest's bed had not been used the previous night. Onboard crew members subsequently made multiple PA requests for the passenger to contact the ship’s reception desk and conducted a full headcount at assigned muster stations. However, search efforts onboard failed to locate her.
On the evening of Wednesday, November 11, 2026, the captain of Marella Voyager announced to passengers that the guest remained missing. Security footage is currently under review to help determine the passenger's whereabouts or establish a timeline of her disappearance.
Because the exact time of her potential fall overboard remains unknown, no search at sea has been launched. An alert from the U.S. Coast Guard Rescue Coordination Center in Norfolk, Virginia, noted that the vessel had traveled 477 nautical miles (549 statute miles) between the time the passenger was last seen and when the initial alarm was raised. Returning across such a vast distance was determined not to be feasible. Surrounding vessels in the area have been requested to remain alert.
Marella Voyager is operating an 11-night transatlantic repositioning voyage that departed Malaga, Spain, on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, bound for Barbados. The ship is en route to Antigua for a scheduled port call on Friday, November 13, 2026, followed by Dominica on Saturday, November 14, 2026, before ending the voyage in Barbados on Sunday, November 15, 2026. TUI Cruises stated to media outlets that weather conditions are not believed to have played a role in the disappearance.
