Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire Man airlifted from North Sea rig By Jon Hebditch August 3 2016, 3:30 pm August 3 2016, 3:30 pm Share Man airlifted from North Sea rig Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/992808/man-airlifted-north-sea-rig/ Copy Link A man has been airlifted from a North Sea oil rig after taking ill this afternoon. A coastguard helicopter was dispatched to the platform at around 1.30pm after the alarm was raised. He has since been taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Coastguard chiefs have refused to say which rig the man was taken from.