Authorities in Miami are investigating the death of a passenger traveling on a Carnival cruise ship that returned to the city Saturday. Carnival Cruise Line says the passenger was traveling aboard the Carnival Horizon. The ship holds up to nearly 4,000 guests and sails to the Caribbean. It returned to PortMiami Saturday morning, the company says. Carnival Cruise Line says it is focused on supporting the late passenger’s family and cooperating with authorities. The FBI Miami office is investigating the incident but declined to offer further details.
MIAMI (AP) — Authorities in Miami were investigating the death of a passenger traveling on a Carnival cruise ship that returned to the city Saturday.
Carnival Cruise Line said the passenger was traveling aboard the Carnival Horizon, a ship holding up to nearly 4,000 guests that sails to the Caribbean. The ship returned to PortMiami Saturday morning as planned, the company said.
Carnival Cruise Line said it was working with the FBI Miami office to investigate the incident.
“Our focus is on supporting the family of our guest and cooperating with the FBI,” the company said in a statement.
FBI Miami spokesperson James Marshall said the office responded to the scene, but he said no further information was available.
