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MEdevac off Los Angeles

The US Coast Guard medevaced a 63-year-old man experiencing severe abdominal pain from the 'Grand Princess' off Los Angeles, on the afternoon of Oct 13, 2024. Watchstanders from the Coast Guard District Eleven Command Center received the medevac request at approximately 1:00 a.m. on Oct 12. The cruise ship was put on a communications schedule until they were within range for an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from Air Station Ventura to conduct a hoist. The Jayhawk aircrew conducted the hoist the following afternoon at approximately 2:30 p.m. with an Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento C-27 Spartan aircrew providing overflight support.The patient was transferred to awaiting emergency medical personnel at Torrance Memorial Medical Center in Torrance, California. Report with photos: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3934649/coast-guard-air-station-ventura-conducts-first-rescue-medevacs-man-offshore-los/

Cruise ship with Covid infections in Melbourne

Passengers onboard the 'Grand Princess' were infected with Covid-19 on an 18-day round trip from Adelaide to Queensland. It was unclear how many people on board were affected. The ship's laundromat was also shut after fears it had become a virus hot spot. Those on board needing urgent care were transported to hospital facilities in a way that was safe after the ship docked in Melbourne on Nov 10, 2023, and underwent a cleaning.

Cruise ship saved two distressed boaters

The 'Grand Princess' has helped save two people who were found clinging to a dinghy after their vessel took on water off Wilsons Promontory in Gippsland in South East Victoria on March 20, 2023. A 58-year-old man and 29-year-old woman had left Queenscliff early and were travelling to Port Albert, but by 10 p.m., they ran out offuel and got into difficulty just off Skull Rock in Wilsons Promontory/Yiruk and Wamoon in the Victorian National Park after its engines failed amid stormy weather conditions. The pair was forced to abandon the boat and get into a dinghy that had been attached to it, before setting off an EPIRB. A police helicopter team located the pair about midnight, and the 'Grand Princess', which was in the Bass Strait, was asked to send a rescue craft to the man and woman. The pair were then taken aboard the ship and both assessed by a medical team with no major injuries. Reports with photos and video: https://www.9news.com.au/national/wilsons-promontory-pair-rescued-by-cruise-ship-after-getting-into-trouble-boating-in-victoria/986ee0a9-07c1-4d6e-a55b-bbb579d1dcf6 https://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/incidents/pair-saved-by-cruise-ship-at-wilsons-prom-after-abandoning-their-boat/news-story/913fd3185ea4b2bd8e401ae9996f46d5