Watch: Woman Airlifted From Cruise Ship By Coast Guard Off Montauk

MONTAUK, NY —A United States Coast Guard crew medevaced a woman, 65, from the cruise ship Crystal Serenity approximately 50 miles southeast of Montauk on Sunday, the USCG said.

At approximately 1 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound received a report from the cruise ship Crystal Serenity of a passenger suffering with severe stomach pains and requested a medevac, the USCG said.

Watchstanders directed the launch of a Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod MH-60 Jayhawk Helicopter aircrew to the cruise ship.

At approximately 2:45 p.m., the aircrew hoisted the woman and transported her to TF Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island where local EMS crews were waiting. The woman was then transported to Rhode Island Hospital and her condition is unknown, the USCG aid.W

Photo, video courtesy of United States Coast Guard.