FV MOR BREIZ

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Medevac off Fowey

In the afternoon of Jan 6, 2014, a crew member of the "Mor Breiz" was airlifted to hospital off the coast of Fowey during stormy conditions. At 4 p.m. a Navy helicopter from RNAS Culdrose near Helston was scrambled to the fishing vessel which was a few miles off the coast. A 35-year-old male was suffering from severe abdominal pain, so the helicopter was tasked through the Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre and worked with Falmouth Coastguard to locate the vessel just south of Fowey. Once the ship was located a paramedic was winched down to the vessel to assess the casualty first. Then the helicopter crew recovered both him and the winch man. The French casualty, who did not speak any English, was flown to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth for treatment. Read more: http://www.thisiscornwall.co.uk/Plucked-safety-vessel/story-20414210-detail/story.html#ixzz2pndq199H