The Coast Guard conducted consecutive medevacs of two ailing men from a cruise ship 50 miles off Cape Kumukahi this weekend.

Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu watchstanders received a phone call from personnel aboard the Crown Princess requesting medevacs for a 70-year-old man experiencing heart attack-like symptoms and an 86-year-old man experiencing internal bleeding.

On Saturday evening, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point rendezvoused with the Crown Princess about 50 miles offshore Cape Kumukahi.

The aircrew hoisted the 70-year-old man and transported him to Hilo Medical Center in stable condition. A second Coast Guard aircrew then hoisted the 86-year-old patient and transported him to Hilo Medical Center also in stable condition.