Crewman airlifted from offshore platform
An offshore crewman has been airlifted to hospital in Lerwick for medical reasons. The Sumburgh-based rescue helicopter was called to a North Sea platform. The…
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Checks carried out on Coastguard helicopter stranded on uninhabited island
Engineering checks are being carried out on one of the two Shetland Coastguard helicopters on an uninhabited island after the crew detected a technical fault…
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Injured crewman airlifted from fishing vessel
An injured fisherman was airlifted from his vessel during the early hours of Tuesday morning. The Sumburgh-based rescue helicopter was summoned after an initial call…
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The coastguard helicopter was called out early on Sunday morning after a crewman aboard a fishing vessel had to be evacuated. The man took ill…
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Crewman airlifted of fishing boat
A crewman from a fishing vessel close to the isles has been airlifted to hospital. The Sumburgh-based coastguard helicopter was scrambled shortly before 6am on…
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Injured fisherman airlifted
The coastguard helicopter was scrambled in the early hours of Monday morning after a fisherman suffered an injury onboard a vessel.
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Buchan Alpha drifts across water in heavy weather
The remains of the Buchan Alpha platform, which is being taken apart at Dales Voe, broke free in heavy weather and drifted across the water.
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Harbour rescue
A woman has been pulled from Lerwick Harbour in the early hours of this morning. Shetland Coastguard said it received a report from police at about…
READ FULL STORYCoastguard call-out
Shetland coastguard was called to airlift at an injured crewman from a North Sea platform. The helicopter was called at about 2pm to the Ocean…
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Shetland Coastguard has been called to airlift an injured crewman from a north-east oil platform. Aberdeen Coastguard received the call from the Brent Delta platform…
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RIB towed into harbour after fire fears
An inflatable boat was towed into Lerwick this morning following concerns about a possible fire on board. Ayda-Ruby, issued a pan-pan alert at the harbour’s…
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Lone yachtsman, 82, hits trouble in very rough seas
Shetland Coastguard is co-ordinating a rescue of round-the-world lone yachtsman Julian Mustoe, who has sailed into trouble in the Dunbar field 100 nautical miles north-east…
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Coastguard station links in to new national network
Staff at the coastguard centre in Lerwick can help their colleagues elsewhere in the UK from today, and receive help, too, when the going gets…
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