Crewman airlifted from offshore platform
A coastguard helicopter arriving at the Clickimin emergency landing site. Archive photo by Jim Mullay.
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 incident happened 130 miles north east of Sumburgh.
Shetland Coastguard said a crewmember on the platform had to be evacuated.
The call came at around 8.15 this [Sunday] morning.
The helicopter landed at the Clickimin in Lerwick before the patient was transferred to the Gilbert Bain Hospital for treatment.
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