Coastguard officers were called to help a man who was injured in an industrial accident offshore.
The team in Sumburgh received the call at 3.55pm yesterday (Friday) and despatched a helicopter to the installation 50 nautical miles north-east of Unst.
The crew arrived at the site an hour later and transferred the casualty to Aberdeen by 6.45pm.
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.
READ FULL STORYA missing person was found safe and well after emergency services searched the Gulberwick area over night. Coastguard, including rescue helicopters, the Lerwick lifeboat and…
READ FULL STORYThe coastguard helicopter helped rescue an injured woman from an inaccessible location near Hillswick.
READ FULL STORYA vehicle abandoned in the snow blocked an ambulance responding a heart attack patient – promoting fresh calls for caution on the roads.
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