Airlift Emergency From A Cruise Ship
Coast Guard on Sunday night at sea.
Airlift emergency from a cruise ship. This weekend a Viking Sky cruise ship was stranded after engine failure and needed to airlift over 470 people to safety. The resulting injury to the toddler forced the Royal Caribbean Cruises ship captain to divert from the cruise ships schedule and turn back to Port Canaveral where an airlift was arranged to take the child to a hospital. Under most circumstances the Captain will make every effort to get the ship into a nearby port to evacuate a sick passenger.
Brits relive frightening airlift rescue from stricken Norwegian cruise ship March 24 2019. The Viking Sky lost power and started drifting mid-afternoon Saturday in perilous waters two kilometres off Møre og Romsdal prompting the captain to send out a distress call. 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.
OSLO AFP Rescuers were working yesterday to airlift more than 1300 passengers and crew off a cruise ship after it got into difficulty in rough seas off the Norwegian coast. Reuters Rescuers were working on Sunday to airlift more than 1300 passengers and crew off a cruise ship after it got into difficulty in. An unwell passenger on a cruise ship was airlifted to hospital in the early hours of this morning by HM Coastguard Newquay helicopter.
It has been reported on Friday that a 14 month old toddler crawled away from their parents and fell one whole desk level down. Video of USCG helo arlifting 15 year old girl to San Juan for emergency apendetomy surgery. An unnamed man landed at the A Coruna Airport.
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. Nearly 338 of the 1373 onboard were evacuated by helicopter by early Sunday morning. 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.
Video of USCG helo airlifting 15 year old girl to San Juan for emergency appendectomy surgery. Rescue helicopters battled severe winds on Saturday in an attempt to airlift more than 1300 people off a Viking Cruises ship. There was a total of 1300 passengers and crew on board the rest were assisted to shore with tug boats and supply ships.
