An 80-year-old cruise passenger has been found dead on a Great Barrier Reef island, a day after she was accidentally abandoned there by the ship’s crew.

"From the little we have been told, it seems that there was a failure of care and common sense," she said on Thursday.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) told USA TODAY that it "will make an assessment as to whether there was any non-compliance associated with the passenger not being counted onto the shi...