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An injured offshore crewman was airlifted to hospital on Sunday morning. The Sumburgh-based coastguard helicopter was summoned after the incident happened on a platform 92 miles south east of the isles. The injured man was taken to Tingwall before being transferred to the Gilbert Bain Hospital... Read more...
The coastguard helicopter was scrambled in the early hours of Monday morning after a fisherman suffered an injury onboard a vessel. The incident happened at around 2.30am 40 nautical miles north west of Sumburgh. The man was taken to the Clickimin landing site before being transferred to the G... Read more...
A teenager had to be rescued by the coastguard after trying to scale up a 130ft cliff in Fethaland. The incident was reported yesterday at around 9.45pm when the boy's friend called emergency services. The two had scaled down the cliffs at Fethaland during the afternoon. One of the men clim... Read more...
A man in Skerries has been airlifted to the mainland after suffering a head injury. The Sumburgh-based coastguard helicopter Rescue 900 was called out at around 1pm this afternoon following reports of a man collapsing and subsequently suffering a head injury. The man was landed at Tingwall Air... Read more...
An incoming emergency helicopter smashed a car window and is thought to have hurled a parasol through the air into the grille of a van at South Lochside on Sunday morning. The incident also resulted in a birdhouse being blown over in the garden of South Lochside residents Gail and Sandy McMillan. T... Read more...
A man was airlifted by helicopter from Foula suffering chest pains yesterday evening. According to UK Coastguard the 36-year-old arrived at Clickimin landing site at 6.55pm, an hour-and-a-quarter after emergency services were alerted. He was met by ambulance and taken to the Gilbert Bain Hospital... Read more...
A new air ambulance helicopter for the Scottish Ambulance Service will arrive on Sunday, giving locals the chance to talk to paramedics and pilots. The new H145 aircraft is one of two which come into service this month and the services says it is bigger and faster than the EC135 helicopters whi... Read more...
A woman was airlifted to Lerwick after falling near Eshaness lighthouse on Saturday afternoon. Rescue helicopter 900, which was out on exercise, was tasked to pick up the woman at 3.25pm after the ambulance service requested help from Shetland Coastguard. The helicopter returned to Sumburgh to ref... Read more...
The Scottish Ambulance Service has insisted that emergency cover to the outer isles is unaffected by the removal of the Jigsaw helicopter from Sumburgh at the start of April. But North Isles councilors have said that any withdrawal of service is deeply concerning and the lack of consultation and ... Read more...
A hunt for a missing tourist involving coastguards, police and the public has been called off after the 57-year-old was found safe and well this morning. The search, triggered after the woman failed to return from a walk to Uyea Isle last night, resumed this morning. Sumburgh based rescue helicopte... Read more...