Coastguard rescue delayed in poor weather
Poor weather has hampered a rescue attempt of an injured crewman. Shetland Coastguard were called to airlift the man from a fishing vessel on Tuesday…
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Coastguard: Sick passenger transported from Yell
The coastguard were called to Cullivoe, Yell, this afternoon (Monday) after an emergency call was made from a boat. Once the boat had arrived in…
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Sinking vessel rescued by coastguard
A rescue operation was launched this morning (Thursday) after a boat nearly went down.
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Man airlifted to hospital by coastguard helicopter
• The Aith lifeboat and Shetland’s coastguard helicopter were involved in a rescue operation last night. • Man said to have become disoriented at the
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Crew shortage leads to 24 hours without emergency helicopter
There was no emergency coastguard helicopter available at Sumburgh for 24 hours between last Thursday and Friday, due to crew shortage.
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Two more oil workers airlifted to Lerwick
The coastguard helicopter was called out twice yesterday afternoon to take injured oil workers to hospital in Lerwick.
READ FULL STORYTwo seamen airlifted by helicopter
The Sumburgh-based coastguard helicopter was called to the rescue of two seamen in separate incidents this morning.
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Oscar Charlie name to stay
For many years the name has been synonymous with helicopter search and rescue operations around Shetland.
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Fishing crew rescued from sea
Two crew were recovered from the sea overnight and taken to hospital after a fishing vessel ran into trouble in the early hours.
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Golf Charlie suffers second warning light ‘emergency’
A Sumburgh rescue helicopter returned to base for the second time in as many days after developing an engine warning light shortly after taking off
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