Archive image: A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans aviation survival technician walks with two stranded boaters toward a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter July 29, 2024, on Horn Island, Mississippi.
The aircrew arrived on scene, located the two boaters, landed on the beach and brought the two persons aboard the helicopter and safely transported them to Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport.
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NEW ORLEANS – A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew medevac a 66-year-old man (Saturday) and a 30-year-old woman (Sunday) from the cruise ship Carnival Liberty. October 19 and 20, 2024.
Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report Saturday from the cruise ship of a 66-year-old man with stroke-like symptoms while approximately 55 nautical miles southeast of Southwest Pass, Louisiana.
On Sunday, Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report from the cruise ship of a 30-year-old woman with appendicitis-like symptoms while transiting near Port Sulphur, Louisiana.
Watchstanders coordinated the launches of a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrews to conduct the medevac missions for both people.
The woman was medically evacuated from the cruise ship Carnival Liberty after reporting appendicitis-like symptoms.
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The MH-60 Jayhawk MRR Helicopter aircrews arrived on-scene for each report respectively and transported them to University Medical Center to awaiting emergency medical services (EMS) personnel.
The man and woman were both last reported in stable condition.
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