<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A luxury cruise has been cancelled after an 80-year-old woman who was left behind on a shore excursion died alone.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Suzanne Rees was reported missing to authorities last Saturday night, when a check of the cruise ship the Coral Adventurer revealed she was missing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She had been part of Coral Expedition's cruise to the exclusive resort destination Lizard Island, off the coast of Cooktown in Far North Queensland, earlier that day.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/uk-train-stabbing-witnesses-reveal-chaotic-scenes-on-board-train/bcff191c-042b-49d2-b527-28add8133f97" rel="" target="_blank" title="Witnesses recall stabbing victims fleeing through carriages in terror on UK train"><strong><span>Witnesses recall stabbing victims fleeing through carriages in terror on UK train</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Search and rescue crews, who had been scouring the land and sea for her, found her dead on the island the following day. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Suzanne's daughter said her mother had fallen ill while on a hike and was asked to head back down alone.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Master of Coral Adventurer has now been banned from embarking any new passengers following a notice issued by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (ASMA).</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/coral-adventurer-cruise-cancelled-after-passenger-death-investigated/4f73acbb-0125-420d-898c-d350a69e8d23" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"AMSA understands the Coral Adventurer is intending to return to Cairns where AMSA will attend it on arrival," the maritime safety body said in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Questions about the reason the vessel's destination has changed or the vessel's estimated time of arrival are to be directed to Coral Expeditions."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A balcony room on the Coral Adventurer costs $86,400, according to travel agent Clean Cruising.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It holds just 120 passengers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Queensland Police is investigating the death, but has ruled it non-suspicious.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/women-killed-nsw-hunter-region/39a1f30b-4527-4a32-9ee8-8d5eb4581367" target="_blank" title="Man charged with murder after woman found dead in Hunter Valley home"><strong><span>Man charged with murder after woman found dead in Hunter Valley home</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-weather-supercell-storm-destructive-hail/6ded9dc6-7119-445d-8f30-0eca8c737514" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Nine injured after giant hailstones pummel school fair</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Rees' daughter Katherine said the family had been left "shocked and saddened" by her much-loved mother's death.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"From the little we have been told, it seems that there was a failure of care and common sense," she said in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We understand from the police that it was a very hot day, and mum felt ill on the hill climb."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She was asked to head down, unescorted. Then the ship left, apparently without doing a passenger count.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"At some stage in that sequence, or shortly after, mum died, alone."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Kathleen described her mother as a "healthy, active 80-year-old".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I hope that the coronial inquiry will find out what the company should have done that might have saved mum's life," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Coral Expeditions chief executive Mark Fifield offered his apology to the woman's family and said the company was working with authorities in their investigations.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Coral Expeditions can confirm the tragic death of a passenger on the Coral Adventurer during an excursion to Lizard Island in Queensland," he said in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"While investigations into the incident are continuing, we are deeply sorry that this has occurred and are offering our full support to the woman's family.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The Coral team have been in contact with the woman's family, and we will continue to offer support to them through this difficult process.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are working closely with Queensland Police and other authorities to support their investigation."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A report is being prepared for the coroner.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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