Coastguard search and rescue helicopter Rescue 900 was called into action earlier today as a casualty required emergency evacuation from a North Sea supply vessel.
A call was received by the Coastguard operations centre in Shetland at 9.15am with the helicopter chartered from Sumburgh to attend the Bibby Polaris, located around 100 nautical miles south-east of the Shetland Isle.
A spokesman said: “We received a call to a supply vessel in the North Sea after it was reported a member on board required medical attention.
“We sent Rescue 900 to the vessel and took the patient to Clickimin landing site where they were then transferred on to the Gilbert Bain Hospital in Lerwick.”
