The search is underway for a passenger reported overboard from a cruise ship approximately 750 miles northeast of Hilo, according to the United States Coast Guard.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Joint Rescue Coordination Center were notified at approximately 1 p.m. by the crew of the Grand Princess that a 30-year-old American female was overboard.
The passenger was last seen at approximately 12 p.m on November 13.
The cruise ship has changed course and is currently searching for the missing passenger. An HC-130 Hercules airplane crew is en route from Air Station Barber’s Point.