Aidabella

On Oct 21, 2023, a passenger had to be medevaced from the 'AIDAbella', which is currently on the positioning trip to the winter sailing area of Southeast Asia. For this purpose, the Suez Canal has already been passed and the was on the way to Salalah in Oman. After medical emergency occurred, the person had to be urgently transferred to shore in order to receive adequate medical treatment. Shortly after midnight, the 'AIDAbella' left the planned course and headed towards the coast of Saudi Arabia. The medeva was carried out by helicopter. The ship then anchored off Jeddah for hours as some formalities still had to be clarified with the local authorities. After about siix hours, AIDAbella received clearance to continue its journey at around 12 p.m. LT.

The departure of the 'AIDABella' from the port of Inverness on July 6, 2023, was delayed for about 45 minutes due to a medical emergency on board. A passenger had to be disembarked in port for treatment in a shoreside hospital, but it took some time until an ambulance had arrived, so that the patient could be disembarked.

The Fraserburgh lifeboat crew, who were out training at the time, were called to help a casualty on the 'Aidabella', enroute from Kirkwall to Aarhus, on May 11, 2023, at about 9.15 p.m. about 10 nautical miles from Fraserburgh. A German man had fallen ill while on board and was in need of medical attention. The lifeboat arrived at the vessel at 11.50 p.m. and helped transfer the man to Fraserburgh Harbour, where the Scottish Ambulance Service and taken to hospital.