IAF rescue unit airlifts cruise passenger to hospital after heart attack at sea

The Israel Air Force’s search and rescue unit 669 evacuates a passenger on a cruise ship to a hospital after he suffers a heart attack some 100 kilometers from the coast, Channel 12 reports.

The Aida Blue had set sail from the Haifa Port yesterday night after a daylong stop and was headed to the Suez Canal when the incident occurred.

The passenger was hauled up to an army chopper with suspension cables and rushed to Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.

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