A passenger who was injured after a fall aboard a cruise ship was airlifted from the ship by U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) crews near San Diego Thursday night, officials said.
The medical evacuation operation launched around 9:35 p.m. about 40 miles west of Point Loma and involved a 69-year-old passenger on the Carnival Imagination cruise ship.
USCG officials said the victim fell aboard the ship and suffered a head injury. A crew on a Sector San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter rushed to the ship and safely hoisted the woman.
She was flown to the Coast Guard ramp on North Harbor Drive in San Diego, then transported to a local hospital by 11:45 p.m.
The extent of the patientโs injuries remained unknown as of Friday morning. Officials did not release any information about what led to the victimโs fall.