Search underway for woman overboard

A SEARCH and rescue was launched off the west coast of the island yesterday after authorities received reports that a woman may have fallen overboard from a passing cruise ship.

Paphos coastguard together with police and British bases helicopters spent from noon yesterday, when they received the report, until dusk searching the area in international waters some 33 nautical miles off the coast.

No trace of the missing woman was found however.

According to reports, the woman from Ukraine went missing from her cabin around 3am yesterday but it wasn’t until noon that Cypriot authorities were notified that she might have fallen overboard.

The search is expected to resume this morning. In addition, the cruise ship, which travelled on to its next destination, is expected at Limassol port today so that further information can be gathered for the investigation into the incident.

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