BODY RECOVERED Honduras recovers body of cruise ship passenger

Posted on 08/24/2015

Authorities in Honduras say the body of a US tourist who fell from a cruise ship has been found in waters near the island of Roatan.  She has been identified as 65-year-old Carol Ann Dimas who fell from the ship after it left Roatan en route to the Cayman Islands. He did not release her hometown.
Tourism Institute press director Emilio Silvestri said the incident took place eight kilometres from the Honduran island, which is popular with foreign tourists.

Silvestri said the navy and Red Cross searched for five hours without finding Dimas, but then employees of Miami-based Carnival Corp., which owns the cruise ship, found the floating body Thursday.

Officials did not offer details on how Dimas fell off the ship.