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Press Release | Oct. 5, 2024

Coast Guard medevacs 2 ailing men from cruise ship 50 miles off Cape Kumukahi, Hawaii

Coast Guard District 14 External Affairs - Office: (808) 535-3230 / After Hours: (808) 265-7748

HONOLULU – The Coast Guard conducted consecutive medevacs of two ailing men from a cruise ship 50 miles off Cape Kumukahi, Hawaii, Saturday. 

Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu watchstanders received a phone call at 6 p.m. Friday from personnel aboard the Crown Princess, a Princess Cruises ship, requesting medevacs for a 70-year-old man experiencing heart attack-like symptoms and an 86-year-old man experiencing internal bleeding. Watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon, who recommended a medevac for both patients. 

At 9 a.m. Saturday, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point rendezvoused with the Crown Princess about 50 miles offshore Cape Kumukahi. 

The aircrew hoisted the 70-year-old man and transported him to Hilo Medical Center in stable condition. A second Coast Guard aircrew then hoisted the 86-year-old patient and transported him to Hilo Medical Center in stable condition.  

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