Airlifted from cruise liner

An 84-year-old Englishman was admitted to Mater Dei Hospital for emergency treatment early yesterday morning after being airlifted by a helicopter from the passenger cruise liner Buddica. The man was reported to be losing a lot of blood.

The cruise ship was in a position some 40 nautical miles east of Malta when the elderly man was winched off at about 3.15 a.m. by a locally-based Italian Air Force AB212 helicopter.

AFM medical officer Surgeon Lietenant Colonel Robert Galea was on board the helicopter to assist the patient.

Comments

M. Bormann (on 14/4/08)

The name of the cruise liner is "Boudicca" not "Buddica" - a quick search in Google will confirm this. There is no cruise liner in existence with the name "Buddica".