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On oct 5, 2025, at around 10 p.m. the CCS Almería of Salvamento Marítimo received a call from the 'MSC Musica', requesting evacuation of a passenger. The cruise ship was sailing 21 nautical miles southeast of Carboneras. The SAR helicopter Helimer 221 was mobilized, which hoisted the patient and transferred him to the Almería airport, where he arrived at midnight for further transport to hospital.

A sarch was launched for a crew member who jumped off the 'MSC Musica' on June 10, 2024, after departing from Civitavecchia. He jumped off the ship en route to Genoa on a 7-day Western Mediterranean cruise. In cooperation with the local authorities, a search and rescue operation was launched with the aid of a rescue helicopter and multiple patrol boats, without finding the person. The ship returned to Barcelona on June 13 concluding the weeklong voyage that visited Ibiza, Cagliari, Civitavecchia, Genoa and Cannes.

After the trips had no longer been bookable for a few weeks, MSC Cruises has now finally canceled the positioning trips from Kiel to Dubai with the 'MSC Euribia'. Due to the security situation on the Red Sea, where ships are being attacked by the Houthi rebels off the coast of Yemen, MSC Cruises has now reacted early to ensure security for booked guests. The 2024 summer season ends on October 19, 2024 in Kiel. The last guests of a one-week fjord cruise from/to Kiel and the guests of a six-day cruise from Copenhagen to Kiel will disembark there. MSC Cruises currently seems to be planning a trip around Africa for the 'MSC Euribia' without guests in order to safely move the ship from the summer sailing area in Northern Europe to the winter sailing area on the Persian Gulf. The first cruise in the Orient is scheduled to begin in Dubai on Nov 16, 2024. All sailings with the 'MSC Euribia' from Oct 19 to Nov 15 have therefore been cancelled. This applies to the Grand Voyage from Northern Europe to the Orient, which could also be booked in shorter sections. The period from Oct 19 to Nov 16 should be enough to take the 'MSC Euribia' from Kiel to Dubai without guests. New cruises to destinations in Africa are unlikely to be possible given the relatively short cancellation period. In addition to the 'MSC Euribia', according to the original schedule, the 'MSC Musica' is also scheduled to sail through the Red Sea in autumn 2024 to get to South Africa from the Mediterranean. Trips in the period from Oct 29, 2024 to Nov 22 cannot currently be booked. An alternative for the journey from Genoa to Durban is still unknown. Here, too, there could be travel cancellations or a new itinerary along the coast of West Africa.

An 84-year-old passenger suffered a heart attack aboard the 'MSC Música' when it was sailing near Punta del Este on March 6, 2024. Navy personnel asked the Maritime Rescue Association (ADES) for assistance after 7 p.m., and the Ädes 30' proceeded to the vessel and carried out the medical evacuation of the stabilized patient 45 minutes after the alert. Once at the port, he was transferred in an ambulance to a healthcare center.