Guest on the Oasis currently stated the guy jumped from deck 5. Certainly more plausible explanation than "a wave". The lowest deck with rail access is pretty high up. We're taking more than 30 or 40 ft from the water.
Agreed.
Granted, I've only cruised twice (Fantasy & Dream), but as I was on those ships, I often assessed the perimeter of the ship and tried to figure out HOW I could possibly fall overboard.
There really are only three legitimate ways:
1) By way of someone else making it happen, in a malicious way (since you can't accidentally become higher than the railing)
2) By intentionally doing it yourself (i.e. suicide)
3) By "intentionally" doing it yourself while under the influence of a substance (i.e. drunk, climbed on railing).
The 42" railing prohibits 90% of the population from having the majority of their body (and thus, their center of gravity) above the top rail. Very tall people would be the exception. That said, you can't just fall over the railing from a standing position. Heck, you can't even fall over if you lean over the railing, as long as your feet are still on the deck, because you can't get enough of your body's mass past the rail.
Waves don't affect cruise ships in a manner that would send someone overboard. That type of wave would have to come from a storm, and ship captains don't navigate through storms. And it certainly wouldn't be the type of wave that would come up over a deck.
The victim was obviously lying or delirious when he gave his story. I certainly hope they checked his BAC as soon as possible, because I believe that will reveal what happened.
I still don't fault RC.
