Injured crew member rescued from Danish vessel

An injured crew member was evacuated from a Danish vessel east of Shetland this afternoon (Monday).

The Coastguard were called to assist after a crew member was injured on a boat roughly 40 nautical miles east of Shetland.

The call came in just before 1.00pm, and the casualty arrived at Clickimin helipad not long after 3.30pm.

A number of Norwegian and Danish pelagic and factory trawlers were at sea east of the isles this morning, according to satellite tracking data.

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