A distress message was received by the French coastguard about a woman in her 20s who had gone overboard from the MSC Virtuosa cruise ship shortly after midnight.
A French navy helicopter, alongside rescue vessels and an RNLI lifeboat, were involved in a search operation for the woman who went overboard.
The search team, initially called to assist, was stood down after the woman was lifted from the water around 3 am, but sadly was pronounced dead shortly thereafter.
Despite rapid response efforts from various rescue agencies, including a medical team at the rescue center, the woman was pronounced dead after being airlifted from the sea.
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