Airlift For Russian Fisherman With Hand Injury

11th February 2015

#Rescue - The Irish Times reports that a Russian fisherman is in hospital after sustaining serious hand injuries on a factory ship off Cork.

The man was airlifted from the Starry Arabat some 320km west of Slea Head yesterday morning (Tuesday 10 February) by the Shannon-based Irish Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 115.

By evening he had been transferred to Cork University Hospital for emergency surgery to save his hand.

The circumstances of the injury are not yet known, but The Irish Times has more on the story HERE.

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