A search is underway after a cruise passenger is feared to have fallen overboard in Sydney.
Set to dock in Sydney Harbour at 6am on Monday, the P&O Pacific Adventure has remained 20km from the coast and delayed the intake of new passengers as NSW Police lead a search for the passenger.
“Police are leading the search of waters off Sydney following reports a person was in the water,” a NSW Police spokesman said.
“Just after 4am today emergency services received reports a person had gone overboard off a ship 10 nautical miles off Sydney Heads.
“NSW Police Marine Area Command have deployed a number of resources to search for the person and are leading the co-ordination of the water search.”
The search has centred around Sydney Heads.
P&O Cruises is a British cruise line.
The Pacific Adventure was previously billed as Golden Princess, before facing controversy for docking and disembarking in Melbourne while carrying Covid-compromised passengers in April 2020.