Rescue teams went out in search of a woman in her twenties at around 2am on Saturday (12 October). The woman was on board the MSC Virtuosa cruise ship, which sent out a distress call saying she had gone overboard north of Les Casquets, close to Alderney in the Channel Islands.

A person who went overboard from a cruise ship has been winched from the sea near the Channel Islands. An alert was sent out at about 02:00 BST for a search for a person north of Les Casquets rocks, west of Alderney.

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A woman died after falling overboard from a cruise ship near the Channel Islands in the early hours of this morning. The 18-deck MSC Virtuosa had nearly arrived at Southampton after a voyage from Lisbon when Man Overboard alarm was sounded around 2am on Saturday.

The body of a woman who died after falling from a cruise ship was located "very quickly", according to the head of the air search service. John Fitzgerald, accountable manager at Channel Islands Air Search,

The tragic incident took place after the passenger went overboard from the 18-deck cruise ship bound for Southampton.

A woman has died after falling from a cruise ship in the Channel Islands, according to reports. The victim perished as the ship sailed to England from Portugal, officials said. The French Coast Guard received a distress signal from the MSC Virtuosa,

A woman has died after she went overboard from a cruise ship near the Channel Islands, say rescue services. An alert was sent out at about 02:00 BST for a search for the woman in her 20s north of Les Casquets rocks,

A woman has died after falling overboard from a cruise ship on is way to Southampton. French search and rescue as well as the Channel Island Air Search rushed to search for the woman, who went overboard from MSC Virtuosa while the ship was sailing towards Southampton in the early hours of this morning.