Coast Guard locates disabled vessel with 23 people aboard on the high seas
Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry file photo by Aux. Michael Dubin
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard and the crew of the cruise ship Carnival Fantasy rescued 23 individuals on the high seas, 130 nautical miles off the Yucatan Peninsula, Sunday.
The Eighth Coast Guard District and Seventh Coast Guard District command centers received a report at 1:15 a.m. from a Cuban national stating his brother and 22...
Coast Guard aircrew medevacs injured passenger from Carnival Fantasy cruise ship
ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. — A Coast Guard helicopter crew medically evacuated an injured cruise ship passenger from the Carnival Fantasy more than 80 miles northeast of Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday.
The 27-year-old man reported experiencing severe abdominal pain.
After discussing the man’s condition with the Coast Guard’s on-duty flight surgeon and the physician aboard the cruise ship, it was...