Carnival Triumph’s passenger drowned

PROGRESS .– Tragic end was a passenger cruise ship Carnival Triumph, which fell last night at sea when he was aboard the boat bound to the port of Galveston Texas, then in the afternoon sail from the port of Progreso.

The passenger crashed into the sea about 55 nautical miles (101.8 km) of Progreso. The Carnival Triumph went to his base in Galveston, Texas, after a stopover in Progress docked Tuesday where more than three thousand 400 thousand passengers and 55 crew, most of whom were young, better known as "Springbreakers".

According to sources sea after splashdown unfortunate passenger, cruise triggered alerts and a ship of the Navy of Mexico came to the rescue. The circumstances in which the accident occurred is unknown, as the nationality and age of the passenger.

The body was found this morning around 6:30 am and was moved to Progreso, where the formalities for repatriation will be made. The incident led to the mobilization of staff of the US diplomatic representation in Yucatan.

It is noteworthy that the Carnival Triumph was absent for five weeks, as there was a change in his itinerary and instead was reaching the cruise ship Carnival Magic, being resumed yesterday that arrivals at the port of Progreso.