Tanker Crewman Medevaced near Galveston

Posted to Maritime Reporter (by July 25, 2018

Video: Tanker crewman medevaced near Galveston, Texas

On July 24, 2018, a representative of the 800-foot crude oil tanker Eagle Louisiana contacted the U.S. Coast Guard after a crewmember reportedly began exhibiting symptoms of heat exhaustion.

The Coast Gaurd sent an Air Station Houston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew to hoist the 23-year-old mariner from the vessel near Galveston, Texas.

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