‘Man overboard’ scare on spring break Royal Caribbean cruise was just a prank — that could result in prison time

A group of teens pulled a “man overboard” prank on a spring break cruise that prompted a full-scale search involving the US Coast Guard — and now the pranksters’ families could face jail time.

Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas was forced to turn around and the USCG was called to join the frantic search for a supposed passenger in the water near Cuba for 90 minutes last week before the captain announced there was, in fact, no emergency, Cruise News Today reported.

The cause of the panic was tracked to a group of teenagers who said they claimed that a passenger had fallen in the water as a joke, according to the popular YouTube travel channel.

The bogus distress call, however, could result in serious legal consequences for the teens’ families beyond any repercussions from the cruise line — which likely already entails a lifetime ban, according to Travel