Cruise news (medevac-tagged)
- 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 - Accidents
HAL's ship ms Zuiderdam assists the sailing yacht Atlaya
While bound northward from Boston toward Quebec City over the weekend on a 7-day voyage, the Zuiderdam, a HAL-Holland America Line vessel, received a...
September 5, 2025 - Accidents
Genting Dream’s crew carries out critical rescue in the Strait of Malacca
During its 3-night voyage from Singapore toward Phuket, the Genting Dream ship (owned by Resorts World Cruises) encountered a small boat in distress...
September 3, 2025 - Accidents
AIDAdiva passenger airlifted by Latvian navy
In the Baltic Sea on September 2nd, 2025, a cruise vessel encountered an onboard accident that required immediate medical attention. The 2000...
September 3, 2025 - Accidents
Female passenger medevaced from Carnival Sunshine after departing Norfolk VA
Aboard the Carnival Sunshine, not long after departing Norfolk, Virginia, a medical crisis compelled the U.S. Coast Guard to undertake an urgent...
September 2, 2025