Queen Mary 2 crew member feared drowned overboard

A crew member on board the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship is feared drowned, after falling overboard. Colleagues spent five hours looking for the man as the Cunard flagship made its way from Southampton to Halifax, Canada.

However, a spokeswoman for Cunard said the search had now been called off: “A search was carried out for a missing crew member on Queen Mary 2. It has been clearly established that the crew member went overboard earlier this morning.

“The ship was off the coast of Newfoundland and, in association with local authorities, it carried out an extensive search of the area in which he went overboard, but, unfortunately, there were no sightings. Having discussed this with experts ashore, there is no possibility that the crew member could have survived this long in the water and we, therefore, have to presume that he died in the water.