A Carnival Cruise Line ship rescued six men stranded in the ocean near the Dominican Republic after a small cargo vessel capsized.
A search and rescue operation for six additional crew who were missing was being led by coast guard authorities.
Carnival Vista immediately altered course when an onboard monitoring system received an emergency alert.
The ship’s officers then spotted six men on a life raft and stopped to rescue them to bring them on board early on Wednesday morning local time.
The Carnival team informed coast guard officials in the Dominican Republic about the additional missing crew members.
The officials launched a search for the remaining crew and advised Carnival Vista to return to its route.
Carnival Vista went on to visit Amber Cove in the Dominican Republic as scheduled.
The ship, which is based in Port Canaveral, Florida is on a six-day itinerary that departed Sunday.