A British woman has been evacuated from a cruise ship off the coast of Spain by the coastguard after suffering a heart-related emergency. She was rushed to hospital after the incident on the Sky Princess off the west coast of Spain. She was taken to Álvaro Cunqueiro Hospital in Vigo, which is a few miles north of the Portuguese border. 

A statement from the Spanish coastguard read: "Our CCS in Vigo has coordinated the medical evacuation of a British woman from the cruise ship SKY PRINCESS, which had departed from Vigo heading to Funchal, 5 miles SW of Cape Silleiro. The Pesca 1 helicopter was mobilised and transferred her to Álvaro Cunqueiro Hospital."

The incident occurred on the vessel 5 miles off Cape Silleiro, north-west Spain. The vast leisure ship, which has a 3,660 capacity, had departed from Vigo and was and was heading for Funchal, on the island of Madeira. A Pesca 1 helicopter from Spain's coastguard fleet was sent to urgently rescue the gravely ill Brit.

The Sky Princess is run by Princess Cruises, and the ship began hosting cruises for the company in 2019.