Coastguard helicopter called out on Boxing Day
The coastguard helicopter was called out twice on Boxing Day to airlift injured workers from oil rigs and take them to Lerwick’s Gilbert Bain Hospital….
READ FULL STORYThe coastguard helicopter was called out twice on Boxing Day to airlift injured workers from oil rigs and take them to Lerwick’s Gilbert Bain Hospital….
READ FULL STORYThe Sumburgh-based coastguard rescue helicopter was called out twice on Friday to take oil workers to Lerwick for medical attention.
READ FULL STORYThe festive coastguard call-outs continued on Saturday when the Sumburgh-based helicopter airlifted a crew member from an oil platform.
READ FULL STORYThe Coastguard helicopter was called out twice on Christmas Day to airlift people to the Shetland Mainland.
READ FULL STORYThe coastguard helicopter was called out late on Saturday evening to airlift a worker from an offshore oil platform said to be 100 miles northeast
READ FULL STORYThe Shetland Coastguard were called out in the early hours of Sunday morning after a fishing boat ran aground near Papa Stour.
READ FULL STORYA man who had a heart attack on an oil platform off Shetland this morning is being airlifted to hospital in Norway. The man was…
READ FULL STORYThe Sumburgh-based coastguard helicopter was called out last night to airlift a sick oil worker from the Thistle Alpha platform.
READ FULL STORYA sick crewman had to be airlifted to hospital by the coastguard helicopter last night in a journey hampered by bad weather. The man was…
READ FULL STORYCoastguard helicopters around the country have been grounded for safety checks following an incident in the North Sea last month.
READ FULL STORYA scallop boat with fouled gear ran aground briefly off Sandwick around lunchtime today, before being refloated and towed into the pier at Broonie’s Taing.
READ FULL STORYA group of youngsters have been praised by coastguard officials for doing “absolutely the right thing” after one of their party suffered a fall. The…
READ FULL STORYThe coastguard helicopter was initially unable to reach a sick patient in Yell yesterday because of the force of storm Gertrude. Coastguard staff struggled for…
READ FULL STORYThe coastguard helicopter was called out this afternoon to search for a missing man in Fetlar. Shetland Coastguard received the call at about 2.20pm and…
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