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Press Release | Nov. 6, 2024

Coast Guard medevacs ailing woman from cruise ship 70 miles off Oahu

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HONOLULU – The Coast Guard medevaced an ailing woman from a cruise ship 70 miles offshore Oahu Tuesday. 

Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu watchstanders received a phone call at 6 p.m. Monday from personnel aboard the Grand Princess, a Princess Cruises ship, requesting a medevac for a 29-year-old woman experiencing symptoms of appendicitis approximately 570 miles northeast of Kauai. Watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon, who recommended a medevac.

At 6:17 p.m. Tuesday, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point rendezvoused with the Grand Princess about 70 miles east of Kaneohe, Hawaii.

The helicopter crew hoisted the ailing woman and transported her to The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu. The patient was reportedly in stable condition.

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