Authorities search for Australian man who went overboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship as the boat crossed the Pacific in the dark

• The Coast Guard is searching for a man believed to have gone overboard a cruise ship this week.
• The Quantum of the Seas stayed on the scene for two hours searching before having to refuel.
• Insider previously reported that man overboard incidents are relatively rare.

The US Coast Guard is still searching for an Australian passenger believed to have gone overboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship hundreds of miles from Hawaii on Tuesday night.

In a Wednesday statement, the Coast Guard said crews were looking for the man about 500 miles south of Kailua Kona, Big Island. Officials first received a call from the Quantum of the Seas cruise ship about a man overboard at 11:03 p.m. on Tuesday.