The HM Coastguard announced it is initiating a major search with helicopters and lifeboats after a crew member on a German AIDAperla cruise ship went overboard Sunday morning. AIDAperla cruises confirmed that a âmale cruise member is missingâ and that the captain and crew âimmediately initiated all necessary rescue measures in close coordination with the local authorities.â The man went overboard somewhere near Ramsgate, Kent as the cruise ship headed from Hamburg, Germany to the Netherlands.
