Suicides aboard Celebrity Cruises! Ukrainian cruise officer Anton Ilichev commits suicide aboard Celebrity Millennium!

Updated On March 18, 2024 | Published By: shahid | In Career , controversy , Death

Suicide rates worldwide have shown a steep rise in the last few years. Celebrities, the general public, and pilots all have fallen victim to this self-destructive behavior.

The latest news is from Celebrity Millennium whose officer committed suicide, as reported by the website of Crew Center.

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The suicide by the Celebrity Cruises Officer

The article dated 8 December 2018 published on the Crew Center website revealed that two days back on 6 December 2018 a young officer from Ukraine named Anton Ilichev committed suicide.

He was found hanging in his cabin’s bathroom and was declared dead by the medical staff.

Anton Ilichev was working as the suite manager and he was with the Celebrity Millennium for many years and has been on several contracts with them. When the suicide took place, he was on board the cruise which was on its 14-night Southeast Asia tour from Hong Kong to Singapore. It has also been revealed that his current contract was going to be complete and he was due to disembark in Singapore and start his holidays.

Condolences to Anton Ilichev’s family

Crew Center expressed its condolences to the family of Anton Ilichev as well as his friends and fellow crew members with whom he worked for so many years.

It has also been reported that Anton was a popular crew member and was liked by all. His friends and colleagues also expressed their sadness at his demise on Facebook.

The crew members also expressed their concern about the lack of mental health support and counseling facilities for the employees who work on cruise ships that sail on the deep and high seas for many weeks and months. They commented:

“There is no mental support whatsoever in such a difficult environment! Don’t you dare ask the doctor for a day off for simply being mentally exhausted, they’ll tell you that you are free to sign off. Crew members should have the chance for therapy/counceling onboard and should be encouraged to attend! But crew members sadly will always, always be just numbers. Condolences to his family.”

Other suicide cases among cruise staff

It is not rare to hear about the suicides of cruise ship employees. Four months back, a crew member from Serbia who was just 22 years of age hung himself.

He was on board Carnival Fascination and was called Nikola Arnautovic. A petition was put up on change.org which appealed for 1 day off every week for the staff of cruise ships and also the presence of psychologist counseling for them.

On Crystal Serenity, a British chef killed himself by hanging in his cabin. This was several years ago. But two weeks back, a safety officer of Disney Dream also hanged himself.

One day prior, there was a woman who worked in the Carnival’s entertainment department was found hanging in the officer’s quarters of Carnival Sensation.

In February 2017, there was an Indian dishwasher also hanged himself in his cabin. He was aboard the Costa Magica. There was a case of a galley worker who also hanged himself on Island Princess a few years ago.

There are many suicides committed by jumping overboard. Between December 2009 and October 2012, around 12 ship crew members were reported missing from Royal Caribbean-operated cruises.

Also read The second quarter 2018 suicides! The list of celebrities who died a suicidal death!

Long working hours with no offs and less pay and isolation from their families could be contributing causes and need to be looked into. Psychological backing would also help.

Also read Suicides 2018! Know which of your favorite celebrities committed suicide in the first quarter of 2018!.

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