By Elwyn Lopez, CNN <\/p>\n
updated 7:59 PM EST, Sat January 4, 2014 <\/p>\n
STORY HIGHLIGHTS <\/p>\n
(CNN) -- Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos was flown off the Galapagos Islands on an Ecuadorian navy helicopter, authorities there said, an evacuation that happened after the entrepreneur was struck by kidney stones. <\/p>\n
Asked about the ordeal, Bezos -- in a comment relayed via Amazon -- responded: \"Galapagos: five stars. Kidney stones: zero stars.\" <\/p>\n
A Galapagos-based navy unit said in a press release that Bezos developed renal colic while he was on a tourist cruise near Santa Cruz Island. Daniel Ginez Villacis, a regional coast guard official, ordered that a helicopter fly him from there to Baltra Island. <\/p>\n
Lt. Pablo Abarca, a spokesman with the Ecuadorian navy, told CNN that Bezos was transported on a Bell 430 helicopter on New Year's Day. The force has an operative unit on the Galapagos Islands, according to Abarca. <\/p>\n
According to the official press release, Bezos, 49, was then to fly to the United States. <\/p>\n
While the Ecuador navy said the businessman was being flown back home for surgery, that didn't turn out to be the case. <\/p>\n
Amazon spokesman Drew Herdener said Saturday about Bezos: \"He got a good outcome. No surgery was required, and he's feeling well.\" <\/p>\n
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