The U.S. Coast Guard airlifted four crew members from the product tanker Diabelli off Vieques, Puerto Rico, on Sunday, November 8, after they became ill with suspected food poisoning.
A Jayhawk helicopter crew dispatched by the San Juan rescue center located a safe hoisting position on the small tanker and evacuated all four patients. They were flown to San Juan’s main airport, where first responders transferred them to a nearby hospital. U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Public Health Service helped support the response.
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