I suspect a large amount these MOB incidents are suicide. Alcohol abuse and and suicidal thought are linked. ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC287

I suspect a large amount these MOB incidents are suicide. Alcohol abuse and and suicidal thought are linked. ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2872355/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2872355/ ) The lady in the article drank a lot and chose to sit on the railing of a private balcony alone. Drunk people manage to die in shallow water with an alarming regularity. I wonder if it is even possible to save a drunk MOB in a calm sea. Stopping a cruise ship and getting a rescue boat ready to action must take a couple of minutes. Maybe a a drone could do it.