Cruise news (medevac-tagged)
- Accidents
Crew member from Mein Schiff Relax medevaced off Tenerife
A medical evacuation was carried out by Spanish maritime authorities after TUI's vessel Mein Schiff Relax departed from the Port of Santa Cruz de...
February 15, 2026 - Accidents
37-yo passenger medevaced from AIDAperla near Bonaire
While the AIDA Cruises ship AIDAperla was on a 14-day Caribbean itinerary that commenced in Barbados (on Jan 22nd), a medical evacuation was effected...
February 6, 2026 - Accidents
Two passengers medevaced from Royal Caribbean's ship Icon OTS
During its Eastern Caribbean passage, the RCI-Royal Caribbean International vessel Icon of the Seas underwent a medical evacuation after two...
February 5, 2026 - Accidents
Aurora Expeditions' founder medevaced from Douglas Mawson ship
Greg Mortimer, the explorer who established Aurora Expeditions in the early 1990s, was recently medevaced by helicopter from the newly commissioned...
January 5, 2026 - Accidents
56-yo woman medevaced from MSC Orchestra off Sardinia Island, Italy
A 56-year-old woman of Peruvian nationality was the subject of a medical evacuation from the cruise vessel MSC Orchestra on Wednesday morning...
January 4, 2026 - Accidents
76-yo female passenger medevaced from Viking Sky off Mexico’s Pacific coast
A medical evacuation was carried out from the cruise ship Viking Sky off the coast of the Mexican state of Michoacán after a 76-year-old...
January 3, 2026 - Accidents
3 passengers medevaced from Mein Schiff 3 south of Madeira
Three passengers were transferred ashore for medical reasons from the cruise ship Mein Schiff 3 during the late hours of January 1st while the vessel...
January 2, 2026 - Accidents
56-yo female passenger medevaced from Costa Diadema ship off Brazil
Emergency response procedures were initiated on December 29th after a cruise vessel reported a passenger with suspected meningitis while navigating...
December 31, 2025 - Accidents
30-yo female crew medevaced from Color Fantasy ferry off Laboe
A serious medical emergency occurred on Saturday, December 13th, aboard the Scandinavian ferry Color Fantasy shortly after it departed Kiel (Germany...
December 15, 2025 - Accidents
Passenger medevaced after serious injury on ms Westerdam near Da Năng
While HAL-Holland America's ms Westerdam was en route from northern Vietnam to Tien Sa Port, Da Nang, a passenger suffered a serious fall down a...
December 13, 2025 - Accidents
Passenger medevaced from Celebrity Apex off Puerto Rico
While Celebrity Apex was underway from St. Kitts toward Port Canaveral, Florida, a passenger was medically evacuated by the United States Coast Guard...
December 12, 2025 - Accidents
An elderly passenger medevaced from Sky Princess ship off Algeria
Algerian naval forces executed a medical evacuation of a British passenger from the Sky Princess ship navigating in international waters off Algeria...
October 10, 2025 - Accidents
2 passengers and 1 crew medevaced from Carnival Adventure in Moreton Bay
On September 24th, 2025, Marine Rescue Queensland’s Bribie Island unit executed a medical evacuation from the cruise ship Carnival Adventure...
September 30, 2025 - Accidents
Royal Caribbean's Wonder OTS returns to PortMiami following onboard altercation
RCI-Royal Caribbean's OASIS Plus class vessel Wonder of the Seas made an unscheduled return to PortMiami on Monday evening, September 15th, after an...
September 17, 2025 - Accidents
Crew member medevaced from MSC Magnifica off Sicily coast
A crew member aboard MSC Magnifica was medically evacuated on the evening of Wednesday, September 10th, 2025, following what the ship’s medical...
September 11, 2025