2 Holland America Line Crew Members Killed During Onboard 'Incident' in the Bahamas

Holland America ship, MS Nieuw Statendam, leaves the Cruise Terminal on June 03, 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal.Photo:Horacio Villalobos Corbis/Corbis via Getty

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Two crew members on aHolland Americacruise ship died following an onboard “incident” in the ship’s engineering space.

Holland America shared the news on Facebook Friday, noting that the two crew members died while onboard the Nieuw Amsterdam ship at Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas that day.

The company said that it notified “appropriate authorities” and that the cause of the incident was being “investigated.” Holland America did not disclose the crew members' identities.

“The safety, security and welfare of all guests and crew are the company’s absolute priority,” the cruise line added.

A spokesperson for the cruise line told PEOPLE on Saturday that the incident occurred Friday around 9:20 a.m. local time. They added that the ship was on a “7-night itinerary” and left Fort Lauderdale on March 16.

WFLAreported, citingCruiseMapper, that the Nieuw Amsterdam returned to Fort Lauderdale on Saturday.

The cruise deaths come days after another cruise incident, in which aFlorida man was arrested in the Bahamasafter a 27-year-old woman, also from Florida, was found dead on a cruise ship.

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“An autopsy will be conducted to determine the exact cause of death. Investigations are ongoing into this incident,” police shared at the time.

source: people.com