A partygoer is believed to have jumped off a Norwegian cruise chip that is hosting the “Mad Decent Boat Party“. In case you’ve never heard of the party, it features acts such as Major Lazer and Skrillex.
All was going well and the party was already halfway through (it sails from 11th -15th November) when suddenly, Twitter exploded with reports that a passenger “has fallen overboard”. Moments later, more tweets streamed in to say that the partygoer (female) actually jumped from the ship.
According to Your EDM, US Coast Guard received a call from the ship around 7pm local time while 22 miles off the coast of Cuba, reporting a woman had fallen overboard.
wow someone just jumped off the ship at Mad Decent Boat Party…
praying they're ok
— Albert Maloof Berdellans III (@EDMsnob) November 12, 2015
so someone jumped off mad decent boat party cruise ship and now they're searching for them in the pitch black darkness of the Atlantic ocean
— Kayoh (@KayohOfficial) November 13, 2015
Lifeboats just went out, but holy shit it's dark pic.twitter.com/JhU9UmSmL8
— zethus (@zethussuen) November 12, 2015
3 rescue boats in the water, 2 addt'l nearby cargo ships active in search as well. US Coast Guard & Cuban auth on alert/en route.
— zethus (@zethussuen) November 13, 2015
Coast guard cutter (sp?) ship directed towards our area as well as a Coast Guard rescue plane w/ estimated arrival ~1hr.
— zethus (@zethussuen) November 13, 2015
6 Boats in the water. Coast guard plane still 45 minutes out. PA announcements to happen every 30m instead of 15m.
— zethus (@zethussuen) November 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/SarahHudsonuvs/status/665030317892354048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
The ship has since executed rescue maneuvers including a turn around and deployment of lifeboast. And a search and rescue is currently ongoing as we speak.
Meanwhile, the “Mad Decent Boat Party” stages have been closed for the time being while the search is conducted with passengers asked to return to their staterooms while a headcount is conducted.
As at time of writing, the organiser has yet to release an official statement regarding the above matter. But we’re keeping our fingers crossed and hoping for the best.
UPDATE (14th November, 10:45am):
Kaylyn Sommer. That’s the name of the female passenger that jump off the “Mad Decent Boat Party”, according to Inquisitr. The 24-year-old married her husband on the “Mad Decent Boat Party” last year and has a young daughter, NBC Miami reported.
It is unclear why Kaylyn jumped off the ship, but the search and rescue mission is still ongoing. The US Coast Guard says that they are still investigating the circumstances that led up to the woman going overboard from the ship.
The “Mad Decent Boat Party” organiser has since released an official statement via their Facebook page regarding the incident:
More details to come.
Sources: EDMTunes, Your EDM, Billboard, Inquisitr, NBC Miami, US Coast Guard Twitter.
