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Topic: Rescue stories at sea???

Barryboat
First Class Passenger
Member # 33

posted 09-09-1999 11:17 PM

I would love to hear of rescue stories at sea if anyone has any. Here is a picture I took aboard the Norway in 1990.

[This message has been edited by Barryboat (edited 09-09-99).]

Posts: 1851 | From: Bloomington, Minnesota (Home to the Mall of America) | Registered: Mar 99

MagnmPI
First Class Passenger
Member # 299

posted 09-10-1999 03:40 AM

Awesome photo. What's the story behind the photo? Medical emergency airlift? I guess they don't need to stop the ship.

Posts: 545 | From: San Francisco Bay Area | Registered: Aug 99

Renegade4
First Class Passenger
Member # 392

posted 09-10-1999 07:09 AM

I'm still trying to figure out what the heck the car is doing on the pool deck.

It's interesting that you should post a pic of an airlift from the Norway since we had the same occurrance during our transatlantic on the Norway last month. We didn't actually see it, but heard the announcement asking everyone to clear the pool deck. From what we heard later, an elderly person had a heart attack and a British air rescue helicopter team performed the airlift.

And MagnmPI, you are correct, at least in the case of the airlift last month, they never stopped the ship (of course it takes nearly a mile to stop the Norway from cruising speed anyway.) They might have slowed a bit, but again, we were not able to get up on deck to view this.

Renegade4

Posts: 57 | From: Kingston, MA, USA | Registered: Apr 99

sholmes
Just Boarded
Member # 778

posted 09-10-1999 07:34 AM

Barry

What was the vehicle doing on deck???

Posts: 8 | From: UK | Registered: Sep 99

Barryboat
First Class Passenger
Member # 33

posted 09-10-1999 11:50 AM

I believe the guy who was airlifted had a heart condition that needed to be treated ASAP - so they airlifted him off the ship. The car is a corvette - This was the "Wheel of Fortune" cruise! I even got to meet Vanna! They were auditioning people on the cruise to be on the show. I guess they were also going to do a huge NCL cruise giveaway promotion. I don't think they gave the car away, it was just there for the promotion.

Posts: 1851 | From: Bloomington, Minnesota (Home to the Mall of America) | Registered: Mar 99

Eileen
First Class Passenger
Member # 141

posted 09-10-1999 02:33 PM

We were on the Sensation in February and there was a medievac off the ship that caused us to be 5 hours off course and thus 5 hours late coming into New Orleans. That was fine by us since it meant we stayed 5 hours later and got to see the Mardi Gras parade. Apparently a passenger had a heart attack.

Posts: 45 | From: Peekskill, NY USA | Registered: A Long Time Ago!

sympatico
First Class Passenger
Member # 797

posted 09-10-1999 03:52 PM

I also was wondering what the heck the car was doing on the deck.
When we were on the Rotterdam in '93 on our way to Hawaii we had a medical air evac the day before we got to Kaui. The ship must be a certain distance from the naval base before they can come out to the ship. A spotter plane came first and then the helicopter. NO ONE was allowed on the aft Lido deck and the fire crew were there in full fire gear. I did not notice any fire crew in the above picture. In November '98 we also had a medical air evac off the coast of North Carolina as we were on our way down to the Caribbean from New York. We all had to evacuate the Crows Nest in case the helicopter crashed into the upper deck. Very scary. The helicopter pilots as well as the ship's rescue crew do a marvelous job - the pilots must have nerves of steel as they move in the air the ship moves slowly on the ocean.
Hope it's never me up there in that basket, but if it is I know I will get great care.

Posts: 3305 | From: Toronto, Ont. Canada | Registered: Jul 99

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