36-year-old woman dies after falling overboard of cruise ship MSC Meraviglia near Florida

EXCLUSIVE: Shocking moment a mass brawl broke out on a cruise ship after a woman fell overboard and angry passengers were not released when the boat docked in Florida falling off a cruise ship 18 miles from FloridaMSC Meraviglia was due to arrive in Port Canaveral after departing the BahamasAs passengers were prevented from disembarking, a mass fight broke outThe US Coast Guard recovered the woman's body at approximately 7:30am this morningSeveral passengers were arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the portIt is unclear how the woman fell overboard, authorities said

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Posted: 19:07 GMT, December 15, 2022 | Update: Dec 15, 2022 23:54 GMT was found by the US Coast Guard.

Video obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com shows passengers getting flying when they were prevented from disembarking from the ship when it returned to port.

The 36-year-old woman fell in the water from the side port side of MSC Meraviglia at around 5 a.m. Thursday, 18 miles off the coast of Florida.

The ship was due to arrive in Port Canaveral, Florida after returning from Ocean Cay in the Bahamas.

The Coast Guard has launched a search and rescue operation involving a 45ft vessel and a helicopter. A pilot boat located the woman's body around 7:30 a.m. and alerted members of the Coast Guard, they confirmed.

Unknown how the woman fell overboard, authorities said.