VIDEO | US Coast Guard medevacs passenger from cruise ship off Hawaii

Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Honolulu watchstanders received a phone call at 20:40 on Sunday from the master of the Pacific World, a Japan-based cruise ship operated by Peace Boat.

The master requested a medevac for a passenger aboard the 857-foot (261-metre) vessel, which was then 886 miles (1,430 kilometres) west of Oahu.