There was an unhappy experience for someone though - we had to stop for almost an hour for a medical evacuation. They flew out a helicopter - it appeared to be Danish armed forces one - and picked up someone in a stretcher. It looks all very easy when you see it on TV but in real life even though the seas were quite small and the ship barely moving it clearly needed serious flying skills. There is a helipad on the ship but they couldn't land as the helicopter was too large. Instead they dropped off someone who seems to have helped set up the patient to go while the helicopter hovered off the side of the ship for a long time. Then they came back and winched up the sick person on a stretcher, and at least one other person and what seemed to be their luggage, and then they headed off for the coast. We haven't heard any more about their health of course. It's not unusual for people to get sick or to be injured on a cruise, but they must have been in a very bad way if they couldn't stay on-board until we dock in Germany tomorrow.
The two photos of the helicopter are taken from our balcony, the less clear shots are photos from the webcam view on the TV in our room.
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