Woman rescued from cruise liner by coastguard By Jon Hebditch August 25 2015, 10:50 am August 25 2015, 10:50 am Share Woman rescued from cruise liner by coastguard Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/677319/woman-rescued-cruise-liner-coastguard/ Copy Link An elderly woman was rescued from a luxury cruise liner off the Western Isles yesterday. Stornoway Coastguard were called to the Portuguese MV Azores, harboured in the town, after reports of the pensioner fracturing her hip. A lifeboat was sent to the vessel at around 8.15am and the woman was taken to Western Isles Hospital. A coastguard spokeswoman said: “We had a medical evacuation this morning from a cruise liner. “An elderly female fractured her hip and we sent a lifeboat to take her ashore.”
