A man had to be evacuated from a standby vessel after he was injured during an on-board exercise on Wednesday morning.
Shetland Coastguard was contacted at around 9am and a rescue helicopter airlifted him from the Vos Defender to Tingwall airstrip, landing there at around 11.50am, from where he was transferred to the Gilbert Bain Hospital for treatment.
Dramatic video footage has been released showing the rescue of fishermen after their boat sank 36 miles north-east of Bressay this morning (Sunday). The 27-metre…
READ FULL STORYA casualty was taken to hospital from Unst on Thursday morning.
READ FULL STORYThe coastguard helicopter landed at the Clickimin emergency landing site late last night (Saturday) to transfer a patient for medical help.
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