Conditions were 'extremely poor' overnight while rescuers searched for the woman, authorities said.
At around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday night the woman was reported missing when the cruise ship was some 28 miles west of Cape Jaffa in the South Australian coast.
Two helicopters and a search and rescue aircraft searched the Southern Ocean for the woman, but only found her body at 7 a.m. on the following day. A file image of a cruise ship deck and the lifebuoy ring. The body of a woman who had fallen overboard from a cruise was found by rescuers.According to a spokeswoman for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority quoted by theAMSA's duty manager Dan Gillis told"Conditions out there were extremely poor overnight and this morning, with quite rough seas and strong winds, and visibility was restricted because of that," he said.
"Now that it is no longer a search and rescue incident, [the matter] will be handed over to police for investigation from this point [...] the cause of the incident is really not for the AMSA response centre to determine." The victim has not yet been officially identified by authorities and was taken to the Mount Gambier hospital for identification. According to reports, the woman was traveling with a family member on the Pacific Explorer cruise ship.
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