An elderly woman was left lost and alone on a tropical island after the cruise ship she arrived on left without her.

A major search and rescue mission was launched for the 80-year-old Australian woman, which ended with her lifeless body being found.

“So sad, poor lady would have been scared,” one commented online.

An elderly woman was abandoned on a tropical island by the same cruise ship she arrived on

The elderly woman had boarded the Coral Adventurer cruise for a 60-day journey from Cairns on Friday, October 24.

She and fellow passengers disembarked the ship the very next day for the cruise’s first stop on a Great Barrier Reef island.

Reports said the vessel arrived at Lizard Island at around 9:30 a.m., and smaller boats were offered to passengers who wanted to go hiking and snork

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