This just in from a British paper about the cruise ship passenger in England who fell overboard Sunday morning. She was a 67 year old grandmother. She died from the fall of 80 feet. This raises again the question of the safety of railings on cruise ships. We have seen over the last two years alone numerous cruise ship passengers falling overboard over the railing. The media attention started with the George Smith case, but there have been others before and many more since. Some have involved heavy alcohol drinking but others have not. This one does not seem to have involved alcohol.

Death of gran ‘not seen as suspicious’
By Lynn Morris

OCEANA TRAGEDY: Mrs Pang’s body was found in the Solent
POLICE are not treating the death of Karleen Pang as suspicious.

Grandmother Mrs Pang, 67, died after falling overboard from cruise liner Oceana early on Sunday morning.

Her body was recovered by the Calshot RNLI inshore lifeboat from the Thorne Channel in the Solent later that day.

A spokesman from Hampshire Police said: “We are no longer treating the incident as suspicious. The post mortem examination revealed she died as a result of injuries consistent with falling into water from an 80ft drop.

“Our investigations have not revealed anything suspicious. If we do get more information then we would reopen the investigation.

“The family has been informed.”