PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A crew member onboard a container ship sailing of the North Carolina coast had to be airlifted to a hospital in Norfolk after suffering from an injury while working, according to the military branch.
A call placed shortly before 4 a.m. to watch standers at the Coast Guard District Five Command Center in Portsmouth said that a woman had seriously injured her hand while working in the engine room of a container ship, known as Ivar Reefer.
The ship was 57 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, when she was hurt.
An aircrew aboard a MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, took the woman to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.
At this time, there is no update on her condition.