Cruise passenger, 80, found dead after being abandoned on Great Barrier Reef island

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An 80-year-old cruise passenger has been found dead on a Great Barrier Reef island, a day after she was accidentally abandoned there by the ship’s crew.

The passenger’s daughter Katherine Rees on Thursday accused the cruise company Coral Expeditions of a “failure of care and common sense” that left her mother Suzanne Rees to die alone.

Suzanne Rees, a Sydney resident, was on the second day of a cruise circumnavigating Australia when she disembarked the Coral Adventurer last Saturday at Lizard Island. She planned to hike with other passengers to a mountain lookout.

The ship left the resort island around five hours before reporting her missing late on Saturday, officials said.

https://apnews.com/article/australia-cruise-passenger-dead-abandoned-island-reef-8bf78d604872df4804bb29bd09d53689

[wcmagumba]

1. This is tragic. The cruise company and owners should lose their licenses and be banned from the industry...imo

[niyad]

2. Per the article, Ms. Rees said she was not feeling well, it was very hot, and

she was told to return to the beach, without anybody with her. Indications are that she fell from a cliff and died.