Woman Reported Missing from Celebrity Cruise Ship—Coast Guard Searching

May 4, 2011 - According to reports early Tuesday a 65 year old woman was reported missing at sea, after not being present for a customs check.

The cruise that originated in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, then stopping at Cabo San Lucus, with its first U.S. port of call at San Diego, that the woman was on was the Celebrity Millennium.

The women, whose name has not been released was reported missing when she did not appear for a customs check in San Diego. According to U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Henry Dumphy the woman was reported missing at approximately 1:00 p.m. Tuesday.
Petty Officer Dumphy stated the woman was reported to be back on the cruise ship after the stop in Cabo San Lucas.

The Coast Guard sent out an HC-130 Hercules helicopter from San Diego to search for the woman until after sunset. The search resumed early Wednesday morning with aircrafts and ships, searching the 175 miles of the cruise ship route. Petty Officer Dunphy stated that it is possible the woman fell overboard.

According to FBI spokesman Darrell Foxworth the FBI has become involved in the investigation in the missing 65 year old woman.

Celebrity Cruises, based in Miami has made no statements into the woman’s disappearance on their ship Millennium.