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Comox 19 wing plucks three different patients from different cruise ships near Port Hardy
Three separate medevacs used CH-149 Cormorant helicopters and CC-295 Kingfisher aircraft, with all three patients flown to hospital, officials said.
Summary
Over the course of a week, Comox 19 Wing has evacuated three different passengers from three different cruise ships, all within a few hundred kilometres of Port Hardy. On Sept. 8, the wing’s 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron was deployed under the command of the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) Victoria to evacuate an injured crew member and accompanying medical personnel from a cruise ship sailing 182 kilometres northwest of Port Hardy. …