A newspaper in India has identified the crew member who disappeared from the Carnival Glory on March 18. 2018 as Deepak Gad.

The Herald newspaper in Goa stated that Mr. Gad (photo left) was a young seamen from Velim, India who went missing from the Carnival cruise ship last Sunday as the ship was heading to Amber Cove, in the Dominican Republic.

We reported on the cruise employee’s disappearance after passengers informed us that the ship made constant announcements for a galley worker to report to work after the Carnival Glory arrived in the Dominican Republic.

The crew member apparently was depressed and wanted to leave the ship. But Carnival reportedly told him that if he wanted to return home he had to buy his own ticket to travel, which the crew member could not afford after working for only three months on the ship.

The ship has not officially stated that the crew member went overboard, and Carnival refuses to respond to our request for information which we made several days ago.

According to the Herald:

“Deepak had called a night before he went missing and complained of a back pain and was on treatment on board. It is also learnt that he wanted to come home but his company told him that he has to buy his own airline ticket which he could not afford as he was only three months in his first contract. He was very depressed and disturbed according to his brother who the GSAI (Goa Seamen Association of India) met on Wednesday. The Indian consulate in New York is also monitoring the situation as well as the NRI Department Government of Goa.

This is second incident in less than a year from the same cruise line wherein Mr. Symron Almeida from Cuncolim went missing last year and the body has still not been found. “It is a matter of concern as many seafarers are going missing lately due to work load and harassment on board. Our Government needs to be more serious in handling such cases as most of the time the families cannot get justice,” says Dixon Vaz, spokesperson for GSAI.”

Four months ago, another Indian crew members working on a Carnival ship disappeared at sea. The crew member was later identified as Symron Santana Almeida, age 33, a resident of Cuncolim, India. He was employed as a wiper in the engine room of the Carnival Inspiration.

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