Passenger Medevaced from Carnival Glory

   April 14, 2019 ,   Accidents

An 81-year-old female passenger was airlifted to hospital from a Carnival cruise ship Saturday night, April 13.

According to the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), authorities received a call at around 7:19 p.m. of a woman experiencing heart attack-like symptoms onboard Carnival Glory while the vessel was transiting outbound to sea on Mississippi River.

An emergency helicopter arrived at around 8:00 p.m. and took the passenger to a hospital in Marrero, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

Carnival Glory cruise ship

The woman lady transported in stable condition. Further details have not been provided. 

For other Carnival Glory accidents and incidents see at the ship's CruiseMinus page.