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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...