CG medevacs cruise passenger

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 66-year-old male with heart-attack like symptoms from the cruise ship Carnival Fantasy about 170 nautical miles south of Mobile, Ala., on June 7. CG Sector Mobile directed the launch of a CG Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and aircrew and a CG Aviation Training Center Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry fixed-wing aircrew. The helicopter aircrew hoisted the survivor along with the ship’s nurse and transported them to University Medical Center in New Orleans. The survivor’s condition is unknown. (Source: Coast Guard 06/08/17)