Ooops. OAP overboard

[croyde]

[Mojocvh]

Oh dear.

RIP.

[Jasandjules]

I guess the question now is whether or not it was the water or the internal bleeding which killed her.

Either way, poor old dear, what a way to go.

[ApexJimi]

Jasandjules said:

I guess the question now is whether or not it was the water or the internal bleeding which killed her.

Either way, poor old dear, what a way to go.

That's exactly what I was thinking as well. Being in the water as she was almost certainly didn't do her any favours...

[Gareth79]

I would have thought that at least they would tie a line to each end so that if they drop them at least they can be hauled in. If you are strapped to a stretcher the last thing you want is to be dropped in the sea.

[zollburgers]

Awful, RIP and I feel so sorry for the husband and family.

[davepoth]

I understand the liner had a helipad, which makes a ship to ship transfer really puzzling. This must be awful for her family.

[Deva Link]

Gareth79 said:

I would have thought that at least they would tie a line to each end so that if they drop them at least they can be hauled in. If you are strapped to a stretcher the last thing you want is to be dropped in the sea.

I was thinking both those things too - how come she didn't just stay strapped to the stretcher in the water, and why on earth weren't there safety ropes attached to the stretcher?

[YBTurbo]

RIP

[Matt..]

davepoth said:

I understand the liner had a helipad, which makes a ship to ship transfer really puzzling. This must be awful for her family.

Does it though? they may not have had a helicopter available as an option.

[davepoth]

Matt.. said:

Does it though? they may not have had a helicopter available as an option.

They run Sea Kings, same as we do, and one of their main SAR bases is in the town nearest to where the accident occurred.

[Eric Mc]

I'm sure there will eb a full enquiry as to what went wrong.

Was the Sea King available?
Was it otherwise occupied?

[F93]

Sounds very surprising for Norway, you'd expect the Scandinavians would have everything done perfectly without fault....

Very sad about the woman though.

[Popeyed]

Looking at the pictures the small vessel was not even alongside as they attempted to move the stretcher across; very unprofessional.

[davepoth]

The other thing that confuses me is that they weren't very far offshore. I can't imagine that the Coastguard cutter would have been that much quicker than the liner, and cruise ships apparently are quite well stocked medically due to the clientele.

[thinfourth2]

davepoth said:

The other thing that confuses me is that they weren't very far offshore. I can't imagine that the Coastguard cutter would have been that much quicker than the liner, and cruise ships apparently are quite well stocked medically due to the clientele.

Because of lawyer happy yanks cruise ships get sick patients off ASAP so should they drop dead once ashore someone else gets sued.

Even if the ship is off the coast of bongo bongo land where the medical care ashore is a mud hut with a damp cloth they send the sick folk ashore despite the fact they have alot of equipment that hospitals in the developed world would want.