UPDATE: Marilyn Winfrey said her daughter Juwanna Brooks fell overboard on Jan. 21 near the coast of Mexico, according to KLFY.

NEW ORLEANS - A woman sailing on a cruise from New Orleans is missing after she went overboard Sunday night, WWL-TV reports.

Carnival cruise line spokesperson Vance Gulliken said a 44-year-old woman "was seen going overboard" from the Carnival Triumph Sunday night into the Gulf of Mexico. The cruise was on its second day of a five-day cruise from New Orleans.

Gulliken said that search and rescue operations were underway for the missing woman and Carnival's CARE team was providing support and assistance to the woman's family.