A cruise ship rescued a group of people stranded in a small boat in the Caribbean on Tuesday.
Carnival Spirit was sailing towards Aruba, near the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, when the ship’s officers spotted the group in distress.
The crew of the 2,124-passenger Carnival Cruise Line ship brought all of the 24 people to safety.
The group was checked by the ship’s medical personnel and found to be in good condition.
The ship’s officers contacted coast guard officials from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic to co-ordinate a transfer.
A coast guard vessel arrived on the scene at 3pm local time to transfer those rescued near La Romana in the Dominican Republic, enabling Carnival Spirit to resume its voyage.
Carnival Spirit had no scheduled stops on Tuesday and its call into Aruba today is to go ahead as scheduled.
The ship left Miami on a week long cruise April 8 and will return on April 15.