Overview
- The Australian Maritime Safety Authority issued a notice restricting the vessel from taking new passengers and will conduct inquiries on board when it meets the ship.
- Coral Expeditions scrapped the remainder of the 60‑day cruise, promised full refunds, and is arranging passenger returns via charter flights while cooperating with authorities.
- Suzanne Rees left an organized hike on Oct. 25, the ship departed that afternoon, authorities were alerted about five hours later, and her body was found on Oct. 26 after the vessel returned to Lizard Island.
- Queensland Police referred the case to the coroner as a non-suspicious death, with the precise cause and timing still undetermined.
- Rees’s daughter says her mother felt ill, was told to descend unescorted, and alleges a failure of care, as WorkSafe Queensland joins regulators reviewing shore-excursion headcounts and re-boarding procedures.