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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...
A group of youngsters have been praised by coastguard officials for doing "absolutely the right thing" after one of their party suffered a fall. The 15 year-old was one of four people taking part in a Duke of Edinburgh Awards excursion on Saturday. But she fell while walking near the Deepdale ... Read more...
The coastguard helicopter was initially unable to reach a sick patient in Yell yesterday because of the force of storm Gertrude. Coastguard staff struggled for a time to even open the doors to the hangar at the Sumburgh base, as the strength of the storm reached up to 100mph. However, the cre... Read more...
The 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 said the man had got lost in the fog, but managed to get to down to Tresta beach and was safe and well. Yesterday at about 3pm the helicopter... Read more...
A planning application is to be made to enlarge the new emergency landing site at the Clickimin. The council wants permission to increase the diameter of the controversial development to ease the transfer of casualties from the rescue helicopter to waiting ambulances. It follows talks between ... Read more...
The Sumburgh-based coastguard helicopter was in action twice in the past 24 hours, first to take a patient to Aberdeen and then to search for a missing diver off Unst. The first call-out came early yesterday evening when the ambulance services requested the assistance of the helicopter to take a ... Read more...