An emergency has been declared on a cruise ship after a “passenger went overboard,” a tourist claims.

Passengers on the Norwegian Jewel – currently en route from Barcelona to Miami – say they were woken up at 2 a.m. with “code Oscar starboard” blaring out of the speakers – a maritime emergency signal for a person overboard.

A passenger claims staff on the cruise confirmed someone had “gone overboard” and the cruise ship is in “search and rescue mode” – currently circling the Atlantic Ocean.

The Norwegian cruise liner set sail from Barcelona on October 15.

A British passenger, who wanted to remain anonymous, said: “I was asleep in the cabin. The captain put out an announcement ‘code Oscar starboard.’ 3

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“As it was transmitted into our rooms also. I thought it might be serious

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