Cruise ship crewmember overboard, missing

The following is the text of a news release from the U.S. Coast Guard:

(MIAMI) — A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircrew is searching for a man who reportedly fell overboard from the Celebrity Constellation cruise ship in the vicinity of the Yucatan Channel in the Caribbean Sea, Wednesday.

Missing is Inyoman Bagiada, 45, from Indonesia.

Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Seventh District command center received a report shortly after 10:30 a.m. from Celebrity Constellation that Bagiada, one of the ship's crewmembers, fell overboard at 2:27 a.m. during a cruise in the Caribbean Sea.

The aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., is searching along with the Coast Guard Cutter Charles David Jr.  

The cutter Charles David Jr. is a 154-foot fast response cutter homeported in Key West, Fla.

By Professional Mariner Staff