A helicopter is said to have winched the passenger from the water following a search but she was pronounced dead

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.

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.

The first thing likely to happen when someone falls off of a cruise ship is to alert the bridge with a 'man overboard' call, with the bridge then issuing the 'Code Oscar' alert across the ship's tannoy system.

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 luxury cruise ship found itself off course this week after being diverted to help on a tragic rescue mission in the North Sea. P&O Cruises ship Iona, which set sail from the British port of Southhampton just a few days ago,

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 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,