Rhapsody of the Seas passenger dies after falling overboard Travel Incidents Queensland The Rhapsody of the Seas. A man's body has been recovered from the ocean after a passenger fell overboard from the Rhapsody of the Seas cruise ship early this morning. An Australian Maritime Safety Authority spokesman said the person had fallen overboard about 2am AEDT on Saturday. "We organised a search and a short time ago, probably about 9.20 (AEDT), we were informed the cruise ship had recovered a body," he said. The ship was about 300 nautical miles east of Brisbane when the man was seen falling from the ship, the spokesman said. "Life rings and marker smoke were deployed by the vessel at the same time, the ship immediately turned around and launched rescue boats," he said. The Rescue Coordination Centre tasked one other merchant vessel, the Pacific Pearl, and the Queensland government's King Air to assist in the search. The ship left Sydney bound for Noumea on Thursday night. It was several hundred kilometres off the Queensland coast at the time of the incident. Comment has been sought from Royal Caribbean International, the owners of the ship.