Can You Survive If You Fall Off A Cruise Ship

Cruise ships these days are flat bottomed and displace tones of water when moving so you would get pushed aside before getting shredded by the propellers.

Can you survive if you fall off a cruise ship. 46-year-old Kay Longstaff survived 10 hours in the sea after going overboard near to Croatia. Think Before You Drink. Again its extremely unlikely but what do you do if you fall off a cruise ship.

How easy is it to fall off a cruise ship and will you survive. I guess Im kinda hoping you. Sadly most casesan estimated 85 to 90 percentend in death.

Last weekend a passenger fell from a Norwegian Cruise Line ship leaving New Orleans and survived. Your chances of survival arent great. There are no known cases of someone acting responsibly who has accidentally fallen over the railing of a cruise ship.

Firstly being in this situation is pretty unlikely. Do not imbibe excessively and then swagger around the deck or lean against the railing under the moonlight trying to locate the Big Dipper. And just in case youre one day stuck on a sinking cruise ship with no lifeboats and no way off dont you want to know how to survive.

Ships are safer than theyve ever been before and are fully equipped with hundreds of functioning lifeboats trained staff and safety drills. What can you do if you fall overboard. Answer 1 of 6.

Survival rates depend on several factors including whether the person was injured by impact with the water or part of the ship on the way down and how quickly the person can be rescued by the cruise ship or Coast Guard. First the bad news. Likewise has anyone ever fell overboard on a cruise ship.