The search for a man who fell overboard from a cruise ship has been suspended due to the “vastness of the Pacific”, says US Coast Guard Ryan Fisher.
“With our district – we operate with a majority of the Pacific – so that does pose challenges, those challenges being just the vastness of the Pacific here so we really rely heavily on our partners here,” he told Sky News Australia.
“We work as hard as we can – we actually worked alongside Australian counterparts here so it’s more of just putting all that information together and making those conclusions.”
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