An urgent rescue mission unfolded on Thursday as a Carnival Cruise Line vessel responded to a distress signal indicating someone may have gone overboard.

The alert prompted the crew of the Carnival Radiance to act swiftly near Ensenada’s waters off the Mexican coast.

“The ship is heading back to the area where an individual was potentially spotted in the ocean to carry out a rescue operation,” the cruise line shared with Fox News Digital.

The Carnival Radiance, distinct from the Carnival Glory seen cruising off Florida’s coast, was involved in this rescue effort in the Pacific waters near Mexico.

The Radiance regularly charts a course from Long Beach, California, to Ensenada, situated roughly 75 miles south of San Diego’s southern border.

Fox News Digital has reached out to the U.S. Coast Guard. 

The cruiser Carnival Magic in Dubrovnik May 20, 2020. (AFP via Getty Images)

Earlier this month, a Carnival passenger was found dead on a Carnival ship. 

Anna Kepner, a varsity cheerleader who wanted to join the Navy after graduating from high school and eventually become a K-9 police officer, was found dead Nov. 7 while the ship was in the Gulf of America. 

Anna Kepner’s family said she had dreams of joining the military. (Instagram/Anna Kepner)

“The ship returned to PortMiami (the Port of Miami) as planned on Saturday morning, Nov. 8, and the FBI has advised that there is no related threat to safety aboard as it sails its current voyage,” a Carnival spokesperson previously told Fox News Digital.