Carnival Cruise Line said Tuesday that «all indications» are that a passenger died of a medical condition and that it continues to cooperate with authorities.
The passenger died on February 27 on a trip on the Carnival Sunshine to Nassau, Bahamas, the FBI said in a statement on sunday.
He said he was investigating the suspicious death of an unresponsive female passenger who was later pronounced dead on the ship.
FBI spokesman Kevin Wheeler said Tuesday that the agency’s initial statement stands and he had no further comment.
Carnival said in a statement on Tuesday: «While we continue to cooperate with authorities, all indications related to the death of a guest aboard Carnival Sunshine suggest that it was a natural death due to a medical condition.
«We will defer to the FBI any specific details that may be released at a later date, as we fully respect the investigative process, but our initial emergency medical response was adequate and it appears that this was in fact a medical situation that unfortunately resulted in death. of a guest».
The Sunshine, which is carrying up to 3,002 passengers and 1,040 crew members, returned to Charleston, South Carolina, on Saturday, the cruise line said.
The FBI said Sunday that investigators searched the woman’s room.
Carnival has said Bahamian officials will conduct an autopsy. The woman’s body was taken from the boat in Nassau and her husband also got off, she said.
