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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...
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 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...
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...