A 58-year-old man was airlifted out of Acadia National Park Wednesday after experiencing what officials say was “a serious medical event on the Beehive Trail … .”

Park rangers received an alert at about 8 a.m., according to a news release from the National Park Service, and assembled a 16-person rescue team at the trailhead along the Park Loop Road.

“After assessing the patient’s medical condition and location about halfway up the nearly vertical section of the trail, the rescue team requested assistance from the Maine Forest Service based in Old Town, Maine, to evacuate the patient by helicopter,” the release stated.

The man was flown via Maine Forest Service helicopter to a field near Sand Beach, where he was transferred to an ambulance and driven to Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor.

“The Beehive Trail was closed for approximately one hour to allow for the search and rescue operation, and the scene was cleared at approximately 11 a.m.,” the release stated.

Bar Harbor Fire Department and Mount Desert Island Search and Rescue assisted with the rescue.