A 12-year-old boy fell headfirst to his death from the 14th floor balcony of a Royal Caribbean cruise ship.
Passengers on Harmony of the Seas watched in horror as a young man tumbled over a railing on the last night of their cruise.
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Royal Caribbean ship Harmony of the Seas Credits: PA: Press Association
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The Central Park area of the ship
The ship – which can accommodate 5,479 passengers on 16 decks – was heading to Galveston, Texas, when the child fell.
Witnesses said the boy was playing with friends he had made on the trip when he went over the cabin railing.
It crashed into the interior of the ship’s Central Park area, which is home to bars, restaurants and pubs.
Witnesses said the child fell from the family cabin on deck 14 into the atrium on deck 8.
Staff fought to revive him, but he died before the ship docked on September 8.
It is learned that the boy was on a cruise with his family to celebrate his birthday.
Passengers waiting to board the ship for the next cruise out of Galveston were told it had been delayed as an investigation was launched.
Royal Caribbean confirmed that the passenger had died on the plane, but did not provide further details.
In 2019, a 16-year-old fell to his death on a luxury cruise ship while trying to climb from an eighth-floor balcony.
Laurent Mercer fell while trying to get to his family’s cabin because he didn’t have his room card.
View from inside Harmony of the Seas named the largest hotel in Europe
The ship was anchored in the port of Labadee, Haiti, in the middle of a seven-day Caribbean cruise that the boy’s family had embarked on.
In 2018, British entertainer Arron Hough from Sunderland disappeared on Christmas Day from the Harmony of the Seas while sailing off Puerto Rico.
One person died and four others were injured after a lifeboat suddenly separated from Harmony of the Seas in 2016.
The accident reportedly occurred during a “safety exercise” when the 227,000-tonne ship was anchored in the French port of Marseilles.
The vessel went down ten meters, killing the 42-year-old Filipino.
Harmony of the Seas can accommodate more than 8,000 passengers and crew.
Owned by Royal Caribbean International, the record-breaking ship is taller than a 25-story building and is the fourth largest passenger ship in the world.
The ship has been compared to a floating city with more than 2,747 cabins, 20 restaurants, 23 swimming pools and a park with more than 10,000 plants and 50 trees.
It also boasts ‘seven districts’ which include a cinema, a promenade, sports and youth zones, an entertainment palace and a spa and fitness centre.
At 1,188 feet long, the 16-deck ship is taller than the Eiffel Tower and is the widest cruise ship ever built at 215 feet.
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Harmony of the Seas is one of the world’s largest passenger ships
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