Sick passenger airlifted from cruise ship 200 km off Port Hardy in early morning rescue

Canadian air force rescues sick passenger on cruise ship off B.C. coast

The medical evacuation call prompted the Royal Canadian Air Force to deploy a Cormorant helicopter and a Kingfisher airplane in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday.

Passenger in medical distress airlifted from cruise ship 200 km northwest of Port Hardy

Officials say a passenger on board a cruise ship 200 kilometres off the coast of Port Hardy, B.C., was airlifted to Comox for medical care on Saturday.

Sick passenger airlifted from cruise ship 200 km off Port Hardy in early morning rescue

An ill passenger aboard a cruise ship off northern Vancouver Island was airlifted to Comox during a pre-dawn search and rescue operation Saturday. The Royal Canadian Air Force says 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron, based at 19 Wing Comox, was called to assist a passenger in medical distress aboard a cruise ship sailing approximately 200 kilometres northwest of Port Hardy. A CH-149 Cormorant helicopter and CC-295 Kingfisher aircraft were dispatc…