Coast Guard searches for Norwegian Cruise Line crew member overboard

The U.S. Coast Guard is reportedly searching for a crew member who went overboard from a Norwegian Cruise Line ship bound for Boston after the person was seen falling from the vessel on security video.

The incident involved the Norwegian Breakaway, which was traveling from Bermuda to Boston when authorities were notified that a crew member had gone overboard about 12 miles east of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, according to Boston 25 News.

The vessel returned to the person’s last known position and deployed a rescue boat and life rings in an attempt to help.

“The United States Coast Guard has taken over the search and rescue operation and released the vessel to continue the voyage,” a Norwegian Cruise Line spokesperson told WCVB in a statement. “The safety, security, and well-being of our crew is our highest priority. Our thoughts are with the crewmember’s family during this difficult time.”

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A close up view of the bow of the Norwegian Cruise Line NCL Breakaway ship, Great Stirrup Cay, The Bahamas.  (effrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images / Getty Images)

FOX Business reached out to the U.S. Coast Guard and Norwegian Cruise Line for comment.

A Coast Guard helicopter arrived on scene shortly after 1 a.m. ET, and a crew from Coast Guard Station Provincetown joined the search, according to reports.

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The ‘Norwegian Breakaway’ leaves the port of the Meyer warf in Papenburg, Germany, 13 march 2013. Thereby begins the delivery voyage of the 324m long and 40m wide passenger ship along the narrow Ems river to the North Sea. It is the largest cruise sh (Carmen Jaspersen/picture alliance via Getty Images / Getty Images)

Aerial searches were continuing Sunday morning.

Norwegian Cruise Line had not publicly identified the crew member as of Sunday, and the Coast Guard had not said whether the person had been found. The circumstances surrounding the fall were not immediately clear.

The incident delayed the ship’s return to Boston, according to Cruise Hive, which reported that embarkation for the vessel’s next sailing was expected to be pushed back as the search continued.

The reported overboard incident comes weeks after another Norwegian Cruise Line crew member was lost at sea from the Norwegian Viva near Costa Maya, Mexico.

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In that case, the cruise line later confirmed that the search had been suspended.