US Coast Guard Medevacs Crew Member From Longliner In Pacific Ocean

The US Coast Guard helicopter recently pulled a 35-year-old man from a tuna longliner that was fishing in the Pacific Ocean. The fisherman aboard the US-flagged longliner ‘Pacific Dragon II’ complained of severe abdominal pain earlier this week while the vessel was sailing 78 miles (125 km) off Kahului in Hawaii.

The Coast Guard received the medical evacuation (medevac) request on Monday evening and dispatched an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter, used by the US for medevac-capable search and rescue operations, on the wee hours of Tuesday. A video of the disembarkation was shared by the US Coast Guard on its website. “The man was transferred to the Maui Memorial Medical Center in Wailuku, Hawaii. He is reportedly in stable condition,” read the Coast Guard press statement.