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The Sumburgh-based coastguard rescue helicopter was called out twice on Friday to take oil workers to Lerwick for medical attention. The first call came at 10.55am, requesting that the helicopter go to the platform 98 miles northeast of Sumburgh. A man was flown to the Clickimin landing site in t... Read more...
The festive coastguard call-outs continued on Saturday when the Sumburgh-based helicopter airlifted a crew member from an oil platform. The incident followed two on Christmas Day, when the helicopter was called to a platform and then to Skerries. Saturday’s action began at 11.10am when the ... Read more...
The Coastguard helicopter was called out twice on Christmas Day to airlift people to the Shetland Mainland. The first call came just after 3am when the helicopter was called to an offshore rig 140 miles northeast of Sumburgh to collect a man who had been involved in an accident. The man was ta... Read more...
The coastguard helicopter was called out late on Saturday evening to airlift a worker from an offshore oil platform said to be 100 miles northeast of Sumburgh. According to the coastguard the person, who was in need of medical attention, was landed at Clickimin in Lerwick around 11.30pm and taken... 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...
A man who had a heart attack on an oil platform off Shetland this morning is being airlifted to hospital in Norway. The man was on the Dunbar platform north east of the isles when an emergency call went out at 6.55am this morning, Wednesday 16th August. The coastguard rescue helicopter was sen... Read more...
The Sumburgh-based coastguard helicopter was called out last night to airlift a sick oil worker from the Thistle Alpha platform. The call was taken at about 5.30pm and the aircraft headed to the platform, which is about 142 miles northeast of Sumburgh. The man was landed at Tingwall Aiport lat... Read more...
A sick crewman had to be airlifted to hospital by the coastguard helicopter last night in a journey hampered by bad weather. The man was on board the offshore supply ship Vos Innovator, 100 miles northeast of Lerwick, when he became unwell. A call was made to the coastguard at 9.45pm. Bad weat... Read more...
Coastguard helicopters around the country have been grounded for safety checks following an incident in the North Sea last month. (more…) Read more...
A scallop boat with a fouled propeller ran aground briefly off Sandwick around lunchtime today, before being refloated and towed into the pier at Broonie's Taing. The coastguard took a call from Cornucopia skipper Ronnie Young at around 12.20pm to say that his gear was fouled and he was drift... Read more...