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Passengers on an Elvis-themed cruise have described how two tragedies rocked the voyage, including the death of an Australian man who fell overboard.
NSW Police received reports that a P&O passenger had gone overboard from the Pacific Adventure ship 10 nautical miles off Sydney Heads just after 4am on Monday.
A search was immediately launched before a man's body was discovered at 10.30am.
The P&O ship was due to dock at 6am Sydney on the final day of the three-night Elvis tribute voyage complete with themed parties, karaoke and trivia, but was delayed as police searched for the overboard passenger.
There are unconfirmed reports that the passenger fell from the seventh deck.
The tragedy happened hours after a passenger was medically evacuated from the cruise ship and transported to shore for further treatment.
Some of the 2,600 passengers claimed that ship crew provided little information about the latest tragedy when they finally disembarked at White Bay Terminal on Monday afternoon.
P&O's Pacific Adventure docked at White Bay Cruise Terminal hours after a passengers fell overboard and drown
Passengers on the Elvis-themed cruise had to wait before being allowed to disembark
There were emotional reunions after passengers were finally allowed to disembark
'They didn’t tell us what was happening,' passenger James told Daily Mail Australia
'They told us that there was a man overboard and that’s it.
'We weren’t told what his name was and what age he might have been.'
Lachlan added: 'There was zero communication from staff.
'We don’t know what happened.
'It happened at 4am and there was an alert that went out letting us know that a guy went overboard.'
P&O Cruises refused to comment on how the
