Santa Clarita (TAN): United States-based Princess Cruises’ Regal Princess cruise ship has helped rescue two plane crash victims in the Caribbean Sea, media reports said.
The cruise, after departing from Fort Lauderdale in Florida, was heading for St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands when it was alerted by the US Coast Guard to rescue the survivors of a private plane that had reportedly gone down near Grand Turk Island in Turks and Caicos.
The crew then sent out a life boat to retrieve the two men.
“Princess Cruises can confirm that upon request from the U.S. Coast Guard Regal Princess assisted in the rescue of two U.S. citizens whose private aircraft went down southeast of Grand Turk in the Caribbean Sea,” media reports quoted a spokesperson from Princess Cruises as saying.
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“Both people rescued sailed onboard Regal Princess as the ship sailed to the next port of call St. Thomas. Regal Princess arrived in St. Thomas yesterday. Regal Princess is on day four of a seven-day Caribbean cruise,” they added.
Princess Cruises posted about the incident on its Twitter handle.
It said: “A small plane crashed in the Caribbean Sea, and the @USCG called on our Regal Princess crew to assist with the rescue. We’re happy to report both people are now safely onboard as the ship continues to St Thomas!”
