US EditionElderly woman found dead on Australian island after being left by cruise ship
- On Saturday, an 80-year-old woman travelling on the Coral Adventurer was left behind during a hike and found dead on Lizard Island, with authorities describing the death as sudden and non-suspicious.
- Hiking group members say she stopped to rest and was left behind during Saturday's group hike to Cook's Look, and her absence was not reported before the vessel departed at sunset.
- Crew notified authorities at about 21:00 on Saturday, prompting land and sea searches with a helicopter and about seven people with torches until 03:00; a helicopter aircrew found the body at about 0930 on Sunday.
- The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said it will meet the ship's crew later this week and arrive in Darwin on November 2, where authorities will question the crew, while Coral Expeditions confirmed the death and CEO Mark Fifield expressed support for the family.
- The incident occurred on the first stop of a 60-day cruise around Australia, with the Coral Adventurer carrying two enclosed tenders and up to 120 guests; authorities are probing boarding and shore-excursion procedures.
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A woman dies on Lizard Island after she has been left behind by a cruise ship.
The woman was forgotten on Lizard Island, a deserted island, during a luxury cruise on the Coral Adventurer ship. The crew noticed the absence only in the evening, the lifeless body found the following morning
The daughter of a woman who was left on a remote Australian island by a cruise ship and later found dead has accused the operator of the Coral Adventurer of neglecting her care and "common sense." Suzanne Rees, 80, died alone on Lizard Island after the cruise ship left without her. Suzanne had joined a group hike to the island's highest peak but separated from the others because she needed a rest.
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Suzanne Rees, 80, was only reported missing when she failed to arrive for dinner, some five hours after she vanished on Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia
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