Search for 20-year-old cruise ship entertainer who went missing after going overboard from Royal Caribbean cruise ship suspended (Updated)

Update: The US Coast Guard has suspended the search for a missing British cruise ship entertainer who fell overboard. Rescuers said in a statement they had stopped looking for Arron Hough at about 2.30pm on Thursday.

It comes two days after the 20-year-old from Sunderland fell from the vessel, 267 miles from Aguadilla in Puerto Rico.

Earlier: The US Coast Guard is searching for a 20-year-old British cruise ship entertainer who went overboard from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship on Christmas Day.

Arron Hough, who was working on the Harmony of The Seas, went overboard 267 miles northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, the Coast Guard said in a statement.

CNN reports that “Royal Caribbean said Hough failed to show up for work as scheduled on Christmas Day. It added that the ship’s closed-circuit camera footage showed him entering an area on Deck 5 around 4 a.m. and he was not seen again. Deck 5 houses shops, restaurants and theaters. The cruise ship notified Coast Guard Sector San Juan about the missing crew member on Christmas Day, the Coast Guard said.”

We also read that the London talent agency Russell Smith Associates, which represents Hough, said through Twitter: “We are both shocked and saddened about the news concerning our Arron Hough. Our thoughts are with all of his friends and family and we hope for him to be found very soon.”

In July, the agency announced Hough was joining the cast of “Grease — the Musical” on board Harmony of the Seas.