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Disney Wonder cruise ship tragedy as Melbourne man disappears after going overboard on trip to Auckland
Hundreds of passengers have been caught up in a cruise tragedy after a Melbourne man was lost at sea on a Disney ship bound for Auckland.
Victoria Police said the 73-year-old man, from the north Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds, jumped overboard at 4.30am on Saturday as Disney Wonder sailed towards Auckland.
The ship turned around in the Tasman Sea in a bid to find the passenger but the man could not be located.
Passengers initially noticed the Disney Wonder had turned around about 12pm on Saturday.
It sailed back approximately five hours and circled the waters before the captain announced to the ship there was sadly no sign of him.
Aussie dies in Disney cruise tragedy
A Melbourne man has died after plunging from a Disney Cruise ship travelling to Auckland.
In a statement, Victoria Police confirmed a report will be prepared for the coroner following the death of a 73-year-old man from Moonee Ponds, an inner-city suburb of Melbourne.
“It is understood the man died after he jumped from a cruise liner into waters in the Tasman Sea on Saturday about 4.30am,” a police spokeswoman said.
Victoria Police are not treating the man’s death as suspicious.
7 News reports passengers on board the Disney Wonder ship noticed the ship had turned around in a bid to find the passenger.
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