What Happens If You Die On A Cruise Ship

If its an medical emergency onboard and you are within distance for a helicoptor to come out and they are not able to handle said emergency onboard the family member might be evacuated however its not a given that a family member could go with the ill one but it can happen.

What happens if you die on a cruise ship. One thing is for sure the body cannot be cremated at sea. Wild approximately 60 people per year are injured on cruise ships due to operational mishaps which can range from small fires on the ship to actual explosions collisions and ships sinking or getting stranded. When a cruise ship passenger dies at sea the Operation Rising Star signal is given off by the cruise.

The body is then. On a cruise you often spend time in shared common areas. The onboard medical doctor confirms the death.

Its the nightmare of every cruiser. As soon as an incident happens cruise ship crew will activate a button that pinpoints the place where the person went into the water. How some lines play fast and loose with the law.

According to a recent report from research firm GP. A cruise ship. That total excludes people who die going overboard.

As for what happens I guess cruise ships have doctorscoroners on board. And while we all know it happens what. While death at sea might be a bit taboo to talk about given the advanced age of many cruisers and the sheer number of people who sail each year -- tens of millions -- theres bound to be a small number of passengers who die at sea generally from natural causes.

David Frost died on a cruise ship and his body was flown home from somewhere in the Med if I remember rightly. Ships do not have crematoriums. The short answer is yes there are morgues on cruise ships.