Majestic-Princess

Helicopters rescued four ill passengers from three cruise ships at sea off the California coast within 24 hours. The series began on April 28, 2023, at about 7 p.m., when the 'Carnival Panorama' requested assistance. A Coast Guard helicopter airlifted a 47-year-old woman with a progressive acute illness from the ship about 100 miles south of San Diego. At 10:20 p.m., the 'Majestic Princess' requested help with two passengers needing medical assistance about 500 miles west of Los Angeles. A Coast Guard helicopter met the ship on April 29 at about 10 a.m. closer to shore to pick up a 74-year-old woman with symptoms of a stroke and a 77-year-old woman with kidney failure. At 12:20 p.m. that day, the 'Carnival Spirit' radioed for help with an 84-year-old woman possibly suffering a stroke about 86 miles from San Clemente Island. The helicopter completing the evacuation of the two women from the 'Majestic Princess' was sent to pick up that patient as well. The crew flew for more than seven hours that day.

The 'Majestic Princess', en route from Fremantle, made an unscheduled stop in the King George Sound on March 23, 2023, so that two passengers with medical concerns could be brought ashore. The ship arrived in the sound about 4 p.m. after it had contacted the Australian Maritime Safety Authority response centre regarding an ill passenger about 9.30 a.m. At the time of the arrival two guests had to be medevaced in Albany. The ship then continued to Port Lincoln.

A Cormorant helicopter was dispatched from Comox on Vancouver Island on Aug 7, 2021, at around noon to transport a sick passenger of the 'Majestic Princess' to hospital. The 442 Rescue Squadron was notified that a person onboard the cruise ship sailing from Ketchikan to Seattle, Washington, was in medical distress and needed hospitalization immediately. The patient was taken to Victoria General Hospital for treatment.