The cruise ship Costa Favolosa suffered accident with one of the crew members, who fell over the board and was lost at Aegean Sea. The accident happened somewhere off Istanbul, Turkey and the vessel and Turkish Coast Guard performed more than 6 hours search and rescue operation, which was not successful. The crew member was dancer of the cruise ship and according to the local authorities the man is presumed to be dead. The rescue operations were terminated and the cruise ship Costa Favolosa interrupted the cruise, returning directly to Venice, Italy. All the cruise passengers will be compensated for the shorter voyage. The Turkish and Italian authorities started investigation of the accident.
The cruise ship Costa Favolosa (IMO: 9479852) has length of 289.00 m, beam of 40.00 m and draft of 8.30 m. The deadweight of the vessel is 10,000 DWT and the gross tonnage is 113,216 GRT. The ship was built in 2011 in Fincantieri Marghera shipyard in Italy. The ship is owned and operated by the Italian company Costa Crociere.