Major search under way after man 'falls overboard' from passenger ship off Kent coast

October 22, 2023

A major search operation is under way after a man was reported to have gone overboard from a passenger ship off the coast of Kent.

HM Coastguard has said it is coordinating the search near Ramsgate after it was alerted at around 8.55am today.

A helicopter, a Coastguard aircraft and lifeboats are involved in the operation.

The man was reportedly on board the German cruise liner AIDAperla which is making its way from Hamburg in Germany to Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

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