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A passenger on one of the largest cruise's in the world went overboard on Tuesday night, causing a chilling announcement to be issued to those onboard as rescue teams 'searched for three and a half hours'
The Wonder of the Seas was off the coast of Cuba when the person went overboard, according to officials.
Passengers posting about the incident on Facebook said the call happened around 7:30 or 8 pm on Tuesday night.
The 230,000-ton cruise ship was two days into its seven-day itinerary around the western Caribbean after it left Port Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday.
Videos shared on TikTok captured the moment those onboard had been informed of the passenger overboard.
The 230,000-ton cruise ship was two days into its seven-day itinerary after it left Port Canaveral, Florida, on Sunday
The Wonder of the Seas was off the coast of Cuba when the person went overboard, according to officials
In one video a member of staff can be heard saying: 'We have reports of a man overboard. We have slowed the ship down, we have turned around and we are heading back to the position we had at that time.
'We will start the search and rescue operations with our rescue boats, we will have our crew out and about to look for anything.'
One passenger on board shared TikToks concerning the incident. In one video she says: 'Tonight we have a missing person, somebody is in the water as we speak.
'We have seen rescue teams searching for the person, as soon as we find out something I will let you know.'
The woman then pans her camera around to show a rescue team in the water, she says: 'This is the searching boat, however I am not sure anybody will survive this current.'
In the video, the small rescue boat can be seen bobbing around in the dark waters looking for the person.
In an update, she said: 'He had jumped off the ship, they searched for three and a half hours and they did not find his body.
'They had to stop the search because there was a sick person on board, by now for sure his body is never going to be found. It is so sad.
'I pray for his soul and his family, god bless you all.'
One passenger on board shared TikTok's concerning the incident and how crews tried for three hours to rescue the man
DailyMail.com has approached the passenger for further comment on the incident.
Authorities have so far not corroborated the information shared on social media.
Cruise industry blog Cruise Hive reported members of the ship's crew spent approximately three hours searching for the passenger before the ship moved on.
The Wonder of the Seas had already diverted from its original itinerary to account for Hurricane Idalia, which pummeled Florida with record-breaking storm surge this week, passengers said.
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