Two crew members have reportedly suffered second-degree burns on the cruise ship ‘Norwegian Escape’, while the ship was underway off North Carolina, according to data provided by the US Coast Guard. The USCG medevaced the two crewmen, approximately 24 miles southeast of Atlantic Beach, on Monday evening.
Namely, a crewmember aboard the cruise ship contacted USCG watchstanders at the Fifth District command center at 3:50 p.m. and reported that the two Filipino crewmen, 25 and 26 years of age, suffered the burns due to an accident in the engine room and needed medical attention.
Then, watchstanders at the Fifth District command center dispatched a US Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew to assist. Once on scene, the aircrew hoisted up the two men, accompanied by a doctor, and transported them to the Rocky Mount-Wilson Regional Airport in Nash County, North Carolina, to meet awaiting EMS, USCG informed.
Our crews train for a wide range of situations, so when we are contacted we are prepared to get people the help they need in a timely fashion,
…said Thomas A. Botzenhart, Fifth District search and rescue coordinator.
AIS data show the Bahamas-registered ‘Norwegian Escape’, owned by Norwegian Cruise Lines, is currently underway off Florida.
