CIUDAD A. MELILLA

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Medevac by helicopter

In the night of Oct 23, 2022, the SAR helicopter Helimer 202 carried out the medical evacuation of a passenger from the 'Ciudad Autónoma de Melilla', due to a suspected heart attack. The patient was hoisted aboard the helicopter and transferred to the Almería airport, where an ambulance was waiting for the transport to a local hospital.

Fortuny without fortune

In the morning of Sep 2, 2011, the "Fortuny" was in collision with the highspeed ferry "Ferico Garcia Lorc" in Palma de Mallorca Both ships were damaged, no injjuries reported. The "Federico García Lorca" had to undergo surveys before proceeding to Ibiza. The ship sailed two hours delayed. The "Fortuny“ departed for Barcelona in the midday hours after only slight damages were found. Already on Apr 11, 2010, the ship had suffered a mishap in Palma when it allided with a quay.

CIUDAD A. MELILLA

On Feb 5, 2011, at 9.05 p.m. the "Fortuny" allided with a quay in the port of Valencia due to a technical malfunction during a docking manoevre, suffering a breach of 1 x 1,5 metres. The 130 passengers were evacuated. 100 of them were going to Palma de Mallorca and the rest were bound for Mahon. As the return trip to Acciona had to be cancelled, the ferry ompany was forced to accommodate the passengers in a hotel in Valencia for the next day, furthermore offering ticket refund or transfer to Barcelona to get from there to the extent to Palma and Mahon. The ferry service remained suspended until Feb 7, when the "Murillo" and later the "Wisteria" were used as replacement vessels. The "Valencia" docked at Valencia to carry out repairs.