Overview
- Coral Expeditions ended the Coral Adventurer’s circumnavigation and promised full refunds while arranging charter flights to return guests.
- Australian maritime regulators issued a notice preventing new embarkations and said they will attend the ship on arrival in Cairns.
- Passenger Suzanne Rees, 80, was found dead on Lizard Island on Oct. 26 after she failed to reboard the previous evening.
- Queensland Police described the death as sudden and non-suspicious as the case moves to the coroner, with AMSA and WorkSafe Queensland inquiries under way.
- Reports describe engine troubles delaying departure by about a week and recurring later, with further faults prompting passenger and crew transfers from Horn Island.