A rescue helicopter from RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall has airlifted a sick fisherman from a trawler 120 miles south west of the Isles of Scilly. The winchman, Petty Officer Dave Rigg, was lowered on to the Spanish trawler to help a 44-year-old man suffering with severe chest pains. He has been flown to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro.
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about 16 years ago
RNAS Culdrose rescue helicopter airlifts fisherman
A rescue helicopter from RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall has airlifted a sick fisherman from a trawler 120 miles south west of the Isles of Scilly. The winchman, Petty Officer Dave Rigg, was lowered on to the Spanish trawler to help a 44-year-old man suffering with severe chest pains. He has been flown to
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