Cruise ship crew member goes overboard in Mediterranean, urgent search underway

A search is underway in the Mediterranean Sea after a crew member on the Viking Star went overboard during a cruise on Monday morning.

A spokesperson for Viking Cruises confirmed to Fox News Digital that a member of the crew was seen going overboard at 11:31 a.m. local time. The ship immediately activated its emergency response and began a search in coordination with the Italian Coast Guard.

The spokesperson said no further details were available at this time.

The eight-day, seven-night Viking ocean cruise began in Athens, Greece, before sailing to Turkey and the Greek island of Crete. During the journey on Monday from Crete to the city of Palermo in Sicily, Italy, an announcement was made over the ship’s PA system that a crew member had gone overboard.