Overview
- Queensland Police confirmed the woman’s body was located on Lizard Island on Sunday and classified the case as a sudden, non-suspicious death.
- The Coral Adventurer left the island on Saturday without the passenger after a hike, and the captain raised the alarm around 9 p.m., triggering an air and sea search.
- The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said its inquiry will examine the circumstances of the passenger’s disappearance during the stopover and will question crew when the vessel docks in Darwin.
- The overnight search was paused around 3 a.m. and resumed in the morning, when a helicopter located the body on the island.
- Coral Expeditions said it contacted the family, initiated land and sea searches, and is cooperating with authorities, while the precise cause of death remains undetermined.