Spanish authorities are scouring parts of the Atlantic Ocean for an elderly British tourist who toppled overboard on a cruise Thursday.

The unidentified 76-year-old passenger plummeted off the edge of the TUI Marella Explorer 2 cruise ship on Nov. 27. At the time, the vessel was roughly 19 miles from Punta de Teno, a nature reserve on the coast of Tenerife, Spain, local outlet El Dia reported .

A 76-year-old passenger is missing after he fell overboard the TUI Marella Explorer 2 cruise ship off the coast of Tenerife, Spain, Thursday. Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The Spanish coast guard told UK outlet Metro that it started conducting searches for the passenger the same day he disappeared. They hadn’t recovered anything as of Saturday, according to the out

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