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s Department of Land and Natural Resources investigating cruise ship
Authorities in Hawaii were investigating claims that the 'Celebrity Edge' had sailed too close to shore when passing Hawaii’s protected Na Pali coast, en route from Honolulu to Vancouver. It allegedly came within 1,000 feet of Kauai’s north shore last week. Local laws prohibit ships with more than 50 passengers from sailing within 3,000 feet of the island’s coast. Hawaii’s Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) was aware of these incidents and an investigation was continuing. The DLNR has also consulted with the US Coast Guard and Department of was aware on the matter. The 'Celebrity Edge' has since left Hawaii and was heading for Vancouver, where it is due to arrive on May 11, 2024.
Cruise ship broke its moorings
The 'Celebrity Edge' broke its moorings in high winds at the Princess Wharf in Auckland's Waitemata Harbour in the evening of Dec 12, 2023. As a consequence, ten commuter ferries had to be cancelled. and others were left bobbing in the harbour, unable to dock until the cruise ship was secured again. The ship departed from the harbour on Dec 14 at 06.10 a.m. UTC, next headed to Tauranga.
Two medevacs near the Dominican Republic
US Coast Guard aircrews conducted a medevac from the 'Celebrity Edge' on Feb 5, 2023, and a second medevac from the 'Symphony of the Seas' in the Atlantic Ocean near the Dominican Republic on Feb 6. On FEb 5, the crew of a Coast Guard Air Station MH-60T Jayhawk hoisted a 79-year-old male, U.S. citizen, from the 'Celebrity Edge' with an abdominal medical emergency that required a higher level of care ashore. Coast Guard watch standers in Sector San Juan had been notified in the afternoon, requesting Coast Guard assistance to transport a passenger to a local hospital. Watch standers directed the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter that rendezvoused with the cruise ship, approximately 140 nautical miles north northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The aircrew deployed the aircraft rescue swimmer aboard the cruise ship to conduct a litter hoist and bring the patient and cruise ship nurse safely aboard the aircraft. On Feb 6, a Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew hoisted an 18-year-old male, U.S. citizen, from the 'Symphony of the Seas' with an abdominal medical emergency that required a higher level of care ashore. Coast Guard watch standers in Sector San Juan received communication from the cruise ship in the evening of Feb 5, requesting Coast Guard assistance to transport a passenger to a local hospital. Watch standers directed the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter that rendezvoused with the cruise ship, approximately 150 nautical miles northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The aircrew deployed their rescue swimmer aboard the cruise ship to conduct a litter hoist and bring the patient, his mother, and cruise ship nurse safely aboard the aircraft. In both cases, the Coast Guard aircrews transported the medevac’d passengers to the Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Regional Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where awaiting emergency medical personnel received them and completed their transport to the ‘Centro Medico’ Hospital in San Juan.
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