A Coastguard Rescue 900 helicopter was dispatched to the scene.
A man has been flown to hospital after taking ill on a North Sea oil platform off the coast of Shetland.
Shetland Coastguard was first alerted at about 10am on Saturday, and sent a helicopter at 1pm.
It arrived at the offshore platform at 1.54pm and arrived back in Shetland at around 3pm.
A spokesman for the coastguard said: “They are bringing a casualty back from an offshore installation that was north-east of Shetland.”
There is information available about the man’s condition.
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