Airlift Emergency From A Cruise Ship

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.

Airlift emergency from a cruise ship. An unnamed man landed at the A Coruna Airport. Nearly 338 of the 1373 onboard were evacuated by helicopter by early Sunday morning. According to cruise news the woman and her husband were taken out of the cruise ship.

Taken from the Caribbean Princess in 2006. 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. Reuters Rescuers were working on Sunday to airlift more than 1300 passengers and crew off a cruise ship after it got into difficulty in.

A woman cruise ship passenger who fell ill was airlifted by the US. One option that is often considered is to recommend closer government or commercial non-aerial evacuation. The cruise was about 100 miles southeast of Atlantic City when the medical emergency occurred and Atlantic City helicopters had to airlift the man back to land for rescue.

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. The Viking Sky lost power and started drifting mid-afternoon on Saturday in perilous waters two kilometres off More og Romsdal prompting the captain to. 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.

Coast Guard on Sunday night at sea. Under most circumstances the Captain will make every effort to get the ship into a nearby port to evacuate a sick passenger. 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.

Hundreds of passengers were airlifted to safety after being stranded aboard a drifting cruise ship in stormy waters off the west coast of Norway. 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. As a result medical evacuations are extremely expensive and the final cost depends on some factors that include how the patient has to travel to receive care their condition and.