--- description: One crew member has died during a safety exercise on the world's biggest cruise liner, the Harmony of the Seas title: Crew Member on World’s Largest Cruise Ship Dies During Safety Exercise image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfef628e1d5010046/6988a5c8a988ca9fd96b963b/ap_578614358726.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Crew Member on World’s Largest Cruise Ship Dies During Safety Exercise by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 13, 2016 4:16 PM CUT  FILE - In this May 17, 2016 file photo, the world's largest passenger ship, MS Harmony of the Seas, owned by Royal Caribbean, makes her way up Southampton Water into Southampton, England. FILE - In this May 17, 2016 file photo, the world's largest passenger ship, MS Harmony of the Seas, owned by Royal Caribbean, makes her way up Southampton Water into Southampton, England.Andrew Matthews—ap by [Kate Samuelson](/author/kate-samuelson/) ## Kate Samuelson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 13, 2016 4:16 PM CUT One crew member has died and four others have been injured during a safety exercise on the world’s biggest cruise liner, the [Harmony of the Seas](http://time.com/4344327/largest-cruise-ship-royal-caribbean/ "undefined"). The [BBC](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37348292 "undefined") reports that a lifeboat carrying five crew members became detached from the fifth deck and fell 10 m into the water during an exercise that took place when the ship had stopped over in Marseille. > [](https://twitter.com/RCLcorp/status/775654389461561344) One member of the crew, a 42-year-old Filipino, died and two others were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. Royal Caribbean’s Harmony weighs 226,963 tons and boasts several luxury amenities, including tall water slides, surf simulators, rock climbing walls, a zip line, a basketball court and an ice-skating rink, according to the cruise line. It is currently cruising the Mediterranean and departed Rome on Sept. 8. > [](https://twitter.com/RoyalCaribbean/status/774638647979147264) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4489624/harmony-seas-crew-member-dies-cruise-ship/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4489624/harmony-seas-crew-member-dies-cruise-ship/"},"headline":"Crew Member on World’s Largest Cruise Ship Dies During Safety Exercise","datePublished":"2016-09-13T16:16:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:09:49.095Z","description":"Two members of the crew were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries","url":"https://time.com/4489624/harmony-seas-crew-member-dies-cruise-ship/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfef628e1d5010046/6988a5c8a988ca9fd96b963b/ap_578614358726.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kate Samuelson","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-samuelson/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfef628e1d5010046/6988a5c8a988ca9fd96b963b/ap_578614358726.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Cruise Ship Death","caption":"Cruise Ship Death","creditText":"Andrew Matthews—ap","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4489624/harmony-seas-crew-member-dies-cruise-ship/","name":"Crew Member on World’s Largest Cruise Ship Dies During Safety Exercise"}}]}] ```