AIDALUNA

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Man arrested after arrival in Kiel

After the arrival of the 'Aidaluna' in Kiel on April 11, a man was taken in custody, when the ship had docked en route from Copenhagen. The 50-year-old was arrested by the federal police. The officers boarded the cruise ship around 10:30 a.m. When they checked the personal details of the passenger from Germany, they discovered that he was being sought. He is accused of embezzling money. The man was therefore placed in custody for remand. He was taken before the judge at the Kiel district court, who confirmed the arrest warrant. The man was taken to prison.

Medevac off Kirkwall

The Kirkwall lifeboat was paged on July 12, 2023, at 4.52 p.m. LT to attend a medevvac from the 'Aidaluna', that had visited the local port earlier in the day. The crew quickly mustered and was on scene at 5.25 p.m. Two trained casualty care crew members boarded the vessel to assist the medical staff on board. The casualty was transferred onto the lifeboat and taken into Kirkwall harbour where they were met and transferred to an ambulance.

Medevac in Kiel Bight

In the evening of June 23, 2019, at 9 p.m. a passenger had to medevaced from the "Aidaluna" two hours after its departure from Kiel, bound to Kirkwall. The ship's doctor requested a medevac in the Great Belt, and the vessel turned around with more than 20 knots, while the lifeboat "Berlin" of the DGzRS station Laboe headed towards the vessel and rendezvoused with the "Aidaluna" one hour after the alert about four miles East of Kiel l/h. The lifeboat went alongside, and the 68 old woman was transferred aboard and taken to Laboe, where an amulance was waiting and took her to a hospital in Kiel. The "Aidaluna" then resumed its voyage to the Orkneys.