#BREAKING: A @USCG AirSta New Orleans helicopter crew medevaced a motor vessel captain four miles offshore Southwest Pass, La., Monday!
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— USCG Heartland (@USCGHeartland) February 7, 2023
The U.S. Coast Guard medevaced the Captain of a Panama-flagged bulk carrier approximately four miles offshore Southwest Pass, Louisiana, on February 6.
As informed, the US Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a call at 12:23 p.m. on VHF-FM channel 16 from the crew of the M/V Peridot stating their captain was experiencing dizziness and chest pain.
Watchstanders diverted a Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew to assist.
The aircrew arrived on scene, hoisted the captain, and transferred him to University Medical Center in New Orleans, where he was last reported to be in stable condition.
