PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Coast guard crews were searching the waters off Palm Beach, Fla., on Thursday for a 47-year-old Canadian woman who is believed to have fallen overboard off a cruise ship.
The alarm was raised Wednesday by the captain of the Bahamas Celebration ship, which is bound for Freeport, Bahamas.
The woman's boyfriend reported her missing at breakfast time as the vessel was about to dock at the Port of Palm Beach in Riviera Beach, Fla.
Search and rescue coordinators at Coast Guard Sector Miami confirmed they were scanning a stretch of water around 900 miles long.
The investigation is being led by the FBI, as she apparently vanished while the ship was in international waters, The Palm Beach Post reported.
Charles Kinnear, the president of the Celebration Cruise Line, said the woman's boyfriend reported her missing at 8:00am local time Wednesday. Neither person has been named by officials.
The man said he last saw her at the cruise ship's gift shop at 1:00am, where he left her to go to the casino before later retiring to their cabin.
He said he awoke to find she had not returned and notified cabin crew are failing to locate her on the ship. A search of the vessel found no trace of the woman.
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