Airlift Emergency From A Cruise Ship

Taken from the Caribbean Princess in 2006.

Airlift emergency from a cruise ship. A couple has described the frightening experience of being airlifted off a cruise ship which got into difficulties off the coast of Norway amid stormy seas. It was like what you see in. A dramatic airlift at sea took place on Thursday when the United States Coast Guard was called to assist a passenger who suffered a stroke aboard a cruise.

Coast Guard on Sunday night at sea. Keep in mind the captain of the ship is under no obligation and may even be prohibited from changing course to get you to a hospital sooner. According to cruise news the woman and her husband were taken out of the cruise ship.

An unwell passenger on a cruise ship was airlifted to hospital in the early hours of this morning by HM Coastguard Newquay helicopter. Rescuers were working Sunday to airlift more than 1300 passengers and crew off a cruise ship after it got into difficulty in rough seas off the Norwegian coast. Royal Caribbeans Adventure of the Seas made the call in the wake of the medical emergency after consultation with the Coast Guard and a flight surgeon who recommended the passenger be airlifted to the closest hospital.

Emergency services said on Saturday they were airlifting 1300 passengers off cruise ship The Viking Sky which sent an SOS message due to engine problems in bad weather southern Norways rescue agency said on Twitter. A woman cruise ship passenger who fell ill was airlifted by the US. Rescuers were working Sunday Mar 24 to airlift more than 1300 passengers and crew off a cruise ship after it got into difficulty in rough seas off the Norwegian coastThe Viking Sky lost.

You could find yourself on a cruise and the ships captain makes an announcement that the ship has stopped for an emergency medical evacuation. An unnamed man landed at the A Coruna Airport. The airlift was continuing in the early morning Fjeld said.

In this circumstance the United States Coast Guard or air ambulance service would pull up alongside or if heliport equipped land on the cruise ship and the passengers affected would be taken off the ship. Recently the Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue unit evacuated three guests off a cruise ship by boat. Around 20 people were injured according to the NY Post.