A passenger travelling on the Ruby Princess ship disappeared and was nowhere to be seen when the vessel returned to the US, with officials ruling it as a man overboard incident

Princess Cruises officials believe a 72-year-old man went overboard on Monday before the Ruby Princess cruise docked in San Francisco. “Princess Cruises is saddened to report that a 72-year-old American male is believed to have gone overboard earlier today ahead of the arrival of Ruby Princess into San Francisco,

The alarm was raised when the American man — who was travelling alone — was no where to be found when the ship docked.