A woman has died after going overboard from a cruise ship off the Channel Islands triggering a massive search in the middle of the night.The French coast guard received a “man overboard” distress signal from MSC Virtuosa,

A woman has died after going overboard on a cruise ship near the Channel Islands, the French coastguard has confirmed.

A person has died after going overboard from a passenger ship off the Channel Islands. The French coastguard has said it received a man overboard distress message shortly after midnight on Saturday, October 12, and a French navy helicopter H160 based in Maupertus, France, was scrambled for the rescue mission.

The French coastguard say the person was winched by helicopter from the sea but later pronounced dead by a medical team

A French coastguard spokesman said its helicopter found the woman and hoisted her from the water. Despite this, a medical team later pronounced her dead.

A woman in her 20s has died after falling from the MSC Virtuosa cruise ship into the English Channel. According to a report by BBC, a distress signal was issued by the 18-deck cruise ship, after the woman went overboard near Les Casquets rocks,

A 28-year-old Colombian woman who died after going overboard on a cruise ship has been named. The Colombian consulate in London said Jessica Andrea Gómez Granda had been a passenger on the MSC Virtuosa when she was reported missing at about 02:00 BST on Saturday,

The tragic incident on the Maltese-flagged MSC Virtuosa triggered a major search and rescue operation on Saturday

The woman who died after falling from a cruise ship near the Channel Islands has been named. Jessica Andrea Gómez Granda, a 28-year-old from Colombia, was recovered from the water near Alderney island after a multi-national search effort on Saturday.