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Cruise ship broke its moorings
The 'Celebrity Edge' broke its moorings in high winds at the Princess Wharf in Auckland's Waitemata Harbour in the evening of Dec 12, 2023. As a consequence, ten commuter ferries had to be cancelled. and others were left bobbing in the harbour, unable to dock until the cruise ship was secured again. The ship departed from the harbour on Dec 14 at 06.10 a.m. UTC, next headed to Tauranga.
Two medevacs near the Dominican Republic
US Coast Guard aircrews conducted a medevac from the 'Celebrity Edge' on Feb 5, 2023, and a second medevac from the 'Symphony of the Seas' in the Atlantic Ocean near the Dominican Republic on Feb 6. On FEb 5, the crew of a Coast Guard Air Station MH-60T Jayhawk hoisted a 79-year-old male, U.S. citizen, from the 'Celebrity Edge' with an abdominal medical emergency that required a higher level of care ashore. Coast Guard watch standers in Sector San Juan had been notified in the afternoon, requesting Coast Guard assistance to transport a passenger to a local hospital. Watch standers directed the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter that rendezvoused with the cruise ship, approximately 140 nautical miles north northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The aircrew deployed the aircraft rescue swimmer aboard the cruise ship to conduct a litter hoist and bring the patient and cruise ship nurse safely aboard the aircraft. On Feb 6, a Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew hoisted an 18-year-old male, U.S. citizen, from the 'Symphony of the Seas' with an abdominal medical emergency that required a higher level of care ashore. Coast Guard watch standers in Sector San Juan received communication from the cruise ship in the evening of Feb 5, requesting Coast Guard assistance to transport a passenger to a local hospital. Watch standers directed the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter that rendezvoused with the cruise ship, approximately 150 nautical miles northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The aircrew deployed their rescue swimmer aboard the cruise ship to conduct a litter hoist and bring the patient, his mother, and cruise ship nurse safely aboard the aircraft. In both cases, the Coast Guard aircrews transported the medevac’d passengers to the Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Regional Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where awaiting emergency medical personnel received them and completed their transport to the ‘Centro Medico’ Hospital in San Juan.
Passenger died after heart attack in Mykonos
On Sep 16, 2019, the Mykonos Port Authority was informed at noon that an 88-year-old passenger of the "Celebrity Edge", which was anchored in the new port of Mykonos, needed immediate hospitalization because of a heart attack. Instantly the "Thyella" took the patient off and transported him to the old port of Mykonos where an ambulance was ready to take him to the Mykonos Health Center for treatment. The Port Authority was then informed that the man had died. A pre-investigation is carried out by the Port Authority of Mykonos.
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