Coast Guard searches for woman missing from cruis ship

DATE: June 16, 2009 7:11:15 AM CDT

Office of External Affairs U.S. Coast Guard

News Release	Date: June 16, 2009 Contact: Petty Officer Casey J. Ranel (504) 671-2020
Coast Guard searches for woman missing from cruise ship
MOBILE, Ala. — The Coast Guard is searching for a 50-year-old woman who reportedly went overboard from a cruise ship approximately 75 miles south southwest of Pensacola, Fla., Tuesday. Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a call from the Carnival cruise ship Holiday at 12:04 a.m. reporting that a 50-year-old woman went overboard. Assets currently searching: Coast Guard Cutter Cobia, homeported in Mobile, Ala. Coast Guard Cutter Pelican, homeported in Abbeville, La. A Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and crew from Clearwater, Fla. A Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon jet from Aviation Training Center Mobile, Ala. A Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry rescue plane from Aviation Training Center Mobile, Ala. An Urgent Marine Information Broadcast (UMIB) was also issued to mariners as a caution in the area. ### *Saving Lives and Guarding the Coast Since 1790.* *The United States Coast Guard -- Proud History. Powerful Future.*