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[–] troed@fedia.io 61 points 2 days ago (2 children)

She appeared to have fallen from a cliff or slope

This sounds a bit weird but I hope she died from the fall rather than from having been left there ...

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That seems the most likely:

"Mum felt ill on the hill climb. She was asked to head down, unescorted. Then the ship left"

She fell on the trail headed back. Sending an 80 year old, who felt ill, back unescorted was a failure in duty and comprehension.

In fact, take the age out of it, sending anyone who feels ill back unescorted is a failure in duty and comprehension.

[–] brem@sh.itjust.works 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Dying at 80 is a privilege, let's just hope it wasn't painful.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

My guess is, falling to death off a trail on a place called "Lizard Island" was likely pretty awful.

[–] brem@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Best I can do is she died on top and the wind blew her over the edge.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 7 hours ago

Thanks Rick

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 56 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

What an awful way to die, abandoned and alone.
This was clearly negligence by the crew, both leaving an 80 year old woman alone, and then not do a head count before leaving.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

This actually seems to happen semi-regularly in Queensland. This is certainly not the first time.

You'd think they'd have some kind of infallible double redundancy tag out system.

One wonders how often this might happen and go unreported.

Edit: oof. Sorry, I just read the article. Looks like she didn't die because she was left behind. Rather, she fell off a cliff and died which is why she didn't board the boat prior to it's departure. Still. Wouldn't hurt to have some awareness of how many passengers had re-boarded the boat.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Only been on one cruise years ago but pretty sure the fine print you agree to says, if your not back on the ship when it’s time to leave port you’re on your own finding your way onward.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 day ago

Yeah, but fine print isn't always binding.

You can leave someone in Port if they were dawdling back from the bar.

You can't leave an 80 year old woman alone on an uninhabited island in the heat with no water.

[–] Cherry@piefed.social 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It’s prob should have a level of care from the cruise company when it’s to a remote or uninhabited island VRs a tourist city.

[–] youngGoku@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

The logistics of handling that many people makes it near impossible to manage. But I get what you're saying.

[–] toast@retrolemmy.com 4 points 1 day ago

I think you should go read it again. It isn't really clear when she died.

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

In this case a headcount before leaving could kinda have been feasible as the ship only had 120 passengers - often it isn't simply because modern cruise ships tend to be massive and have way too many passengers to keep track of - but from what I could understand they had an electronic system in place and for some reason she either wasn't marked as having left, or had somehow been mistakingly marked as returned.

She was noticed as missing when they did do a "headcount", during the evening dinner.

[–] brem@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago

I know enough about cruise ships to know this smells fishy.

She probably died on board and they left her on an island as a cover up. They have been known to do weird stuff such as storing bodies in freezers along with food. There's weird protocol and much legal work. Scandalous. Don't be old on a cruise ship, fo sho

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Are you kidding this is in my top 3 ways to die! 80, on a tropical island, and with nobody near me!

The other two ways involve explosive vests.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Lemme guess, you slide the vest under an armored vehicle heading your direction so it flips upside down and squishes you?

[–] Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

Calm down Michael Bay.

[–] Resand@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Read this as 80 passengers first and was a tad shocked

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

80-year-old passenger or 80 year-old passengers?

Very different news story

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I wasn't aware marooning was still a practice on cruise ships

[–] Part4@infosec.pub 4 points 2 days ago

Probably some kind of agitator.

[–] brem@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago

Oh snap, THAT'S where we left grandomomamma. Bummer :/