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Johan
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posted 04-20-2005 09:46 AM      Profile for Johan   Email Johan   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
According to news reports link
a man went overbaord on QM2 on tuesday, en route from Southampton to New York, near Canada,
the ship went back, but no one was found.

QM2 has her fair share of sad drama these last crossings, and reasons to sail speedier...

So many people of course on board...

Johan


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Malcolm @ cruisepage
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posted 04-20-2005 09:57 AM      Profile for Malcolm @ cruisepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
Maybe the QM2's first suicide? The QE2 has had a few in her history.

(Add this one to your D-base Joe. It will alter the demographic a bit.)


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PamM
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posted 04-20-2005 10:06 AM      Profile for PamM   Author's Homepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
I think there was one in the Caribbean last year from QM2, Malcolm? Seems to be the *in* way to go these days

Pam


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posted 04-20-2005 12:40 PM      Profile for joe at travelpage   Author's Homepage   Email joe at travelpage   Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:

(Add this one to your D-base Joe. It will alter the demographic a bit.)

Already have, list is here.

Joe at TravelPage.com


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arosakulm
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posted 04-20-2005 04:09 PM      Profile for arosakulm   Email arosakulm      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
quote:
Originally posted by PamM:
I think there was one in the Caribbean last year from QM2, Malcolm? Seems to be the *in* way to go these days

Pam


There is a line in Maxtone-Graham's book Liners to the Sun in the Dark Nights chapter where he talks about suicides at sea particularly being in the water and watching the lights of your ship disappearing over the horizon. If this happens in the North Atlantic you probably wouldn't last too long but I don't think it would be all that pleasant.


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Malcolm @ cruisepage
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posted 04-20-2005 04:18 PM      Profile for Malcolm @ cruisepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
...it's best to cruise with Princess and Celebrity. No one seems to fall off their ships.

Longer cruises seem safer than short ones, but never go on deck on the last evening.

If you come from California or Virginia, it's probably best to give up drinking or avoid ships completely.


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posted 04-20-2005 06:12 PM      Profile for lasuvidaboy     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
EEK-The Carnival curse strikes QM2??!! As long as the person was not thrown overboard or hurt another passenger in the process-no crime was committed. The poor person just did not want to live.
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I remember seeing a gallery on Webshots of a man overboard muster onboard Brilliance of the Seas, andyone know anything about that.
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Malcolm @ cruisepage
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posted 04-23-2005 12:10 PM      Profile for Malcolm @ cruisepage     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
From Southampton Echo:

AUTHORITIES in the UK are not investigating the suicide of a passenger who leapt to his death from his cabin on the liner Queen Mary 2.

German pensioner Gerd Koch, 82, plunged 100ft from the ship after boarding in Southampton last Saturday.

The liner's skipper searched unsuccessfully all night for Mr Koch. Weather conditions were stormy. Mr Koch had paid extra for a cabin with a balcony overlooking the ocean on the six-day voyage to New York.

He left a suicide note at his home in Germany, which was found by his wife.


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