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The coastguard helicopter was scrambled on Sunday morning to ferry a sick crewman from an oil platform to safety. The Sumburgh-based aircraft was called out shortly before 8am for the medical evacuation around 108 miles north east of Sumburgh. Coastguard officials no longer give the names of p... Read more...
A man is being airlifted after suffering an injury onboard an offshore platform. The Sumburgh-based rescue helicopter was called at around half past ten this morning to airlift the casualty. His injuries are not thought to be serious. The incident happened on a platform 95 miles south east ... Read more...
A woman has been rescued from cliffs in the South Mainland after getting into difficulty on Wednesday afternoon. Coastguard teams had been alerted and the rescue helicopter scrambled after the woman became stranded near Exnaboe. Shetland Coastguard said the woman was taken from the cliff by a ... Read more...
A crewman has been flown from an offshore supply vessel in urgent need of medical attention. The Sumburgh-based rescue helicopter was scrambled to evacuate the 64-year-old from the vessel, which was west of Shetland at the time. He was flown to the emergency landing site in Lerwick for transfe... Read more...
A coastguard tug is attempting to refloat the grounded fishing boat Coelleria. The ship grounded at around 1.30am on Sunday 4th August at the Ve Skerries, near Papa Stour, and has remained there since. The emergency towing vessel (ETV) Ievoli Black has been patrolling the scene since 6pm on Su... Read more...
The Shetland Coastguard were called out in the early hours of Sunday morning after a fishing boat ran aground near Papa Stour. A distress call was received from the Coelleira at around 1.30am, and Shetland coastguard also picked up radio communications from the vessel reporting that it had run ag... Read more...
The Shetland Coastguard were called out in the early hours of Sunday morning after a fishing boat ran aground near Papa Stour. A distress call was received from the Coelleira at around 1.30am, and Shetland coastguard also picked up radio communications from the vessel reporting that it had run ag... Read more...
The Lerwick Coastguard attended two different call-outs on Saturday afternoon. In the first, a person described as potentially "vulnerable" went missing in the north end of Lerwick after becoming seperated from friends and family on a walk. The Coastguard assisted Lerwick police officers in lo... Read more...
An injured crewman has been airlifted from an oil platform 306 nautical miles north east of Sumburgh. The coastguard helicopter was called on to perform the medical evacuation at around noon on Sunday. The man was flown to the Clickimin landing site before being transferred to the Gilbert Bain... Read more...
Two people have been airlifted from a yacht around 90 miles east of Sumburgh. The coastguard helicopter was scrambled shortly before 5am on Thursday. The 55-foot yacht was reported to be in distress. Weather was bad and the two-man crew had struggled in the conditions. Shetland Coastguar... Read more...