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Category: Crew rescue via winch |
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Amadaeus winch at night
Rescue from liferaft by helicopter winch at night. |
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Be ready
Saturday 22 January 2000. At 2:15 a.m. Pentland Coastguard received a distress call from the 24-metre Lerwick-registered fishing vessel `Be Ready’ reporting that she was on fire 30 miles north west of Westray. Pentland Coastguard relayed the mayday call and several other fishing vessels responded. Coastguard helicopter `Oscar Charlie’ based in Sumburgh in Shetland was scrambled whilst the Kirkwall lifeboat was requested to launch. Coastguard tug `Anglian Monarch’ was several hours steaming away. Due to Force 8 winds, heavy seas and the grip of the fire it was not possible for other vessels to get close to the fishing vessel and take the men off. The lifeboat found it difficult to make headway and took shelter in the lee of the island. The crew of five retreated from the fire which was out of control in the aft of the vessel. They had a handheld VHF radio and had been advised by the crew of Coastguard helicopter 'Oscar Charlie' to wear lifejackets. Each of them had to jump into 8-degree Celsius water and strike out to a liferaft before being winched into the aircraft. Communication with the vessel also proved difficult and visibility was intermittent due to passing showers. All the crew were finally recovered safely and taken to the Gilbert Bain hospital in Lerwick suffering from smoke inhalation. The Marine Accident Investigation Branch were informed. |
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Car in Flood (no audio)
Rescue from car caught in floods in Dorset. FLIR winch footage from helicopter. Footage of rescue from additional camera. Daylight shots of area - Copyright Meridian |
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Crane at Southampton Docks (no audio) 13 July 2009 (selected sections from footage)
The crane, a twin boom rig with the cab suspended on rails failed at both uprights and collapsed onto various containers below. Whilst the Fire and Rescue Service extricated the man and placed him on a spinal board discussions continued as to the best place to remove the injured man by winch. The helicopter then lifted him from the area within the crash site to the dockside where an ambulance took him to hospital by road. Press release |
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Danica Rainbow - Rushes - S of Portland Bill Dorset (no audio)
Medivac from Danica Rainbow, South of Portland Bill, Dorset |
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Diver & Heart Attack Rescue |
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EH101 Crash (no audio)
Aerial view of British Royal Navy Merlin (ZH844) ditched near the Isle of Skye. Injured crew were airlifted from rescue fishing vessel and attended by ambulance crew on helicopter. |
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Elektron (no audio)
Monday, 30 October, 2000 On Saturday 15 October at 5.41 a.m, the St Kilda ferry 'MV Elektron' alerted Stornoway Coastguard that it had run aground in the Village Bay inlet on the east coast of St Kilda. Initial salvage action removed fuel and other pollutants from the vessel soon after her original grounding. ‘Elektron’ was re-floated on October 27th by salvage barge ‘Salvage Chieftain’ and the Russian tug ‘Tamacha’, which began its tow of ‘Elektron’ to the River Mersey to discharge its cargo and to be repaired. At 6:30 a.m. on the morning of the 29th ‘Elektron’ contacted Clyde Coastguard when severe weather conditions hindered her progress. Coastguard rescue helicopter ‘Mike Uniform’ was scrambled and the salvage team on board were winched aboard the Coastguard helicopter, while ‘Tamacha’ continued to tow ‘Elektron’. Clyde Coastguard then passed search and rescue co-ordination to Belfast who oversaw ‘Elektron’s’ progress at two hourly intervals. The vessel headed towards Belfast Lough while the salvage team attempted to restrict further water intake using pumps. The original salvage team then flew down from Stornoway to re-board the vessel and assist with the pumping process. To minimise the risk of pollution all bunkers were removed from ‘Elektron’ as part of the salvage operation. MCA Surveyors studied video footage of the vessel taken by an RUC traffic surveillance aircraft. |
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Hang Glider
Stretcher airlift of injured hang glider. Paramedics and coastguard cliff rescue in attendance. |
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Jet Skier Rescue (no audio)
Rescue of jet skier by coastguard helicopter. |
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Kodima - Wave over Helicopter
Kodima aground at Whitsand Bay, Cornwall. Thousands of tons of the pine planking from its holds were washed ashore. Salvage workers were winched to safety from the deck after winds of force six and seven blew up during a refloating attempt. Footage shows huge wave over helicopter and person on winch. |
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Winch from Fishing vessel
Casualty winched to helicopter from fishing vessel. |
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Portland Helicopter Incident (no audio)
Portland helicopter incident - sea rescue from calm sea and back to base - ambulance transfer |
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Rescue from Liferaft (no audio)
Rescue from liferaft (Shetland) winch camera (daylight) |
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Winchman on and off Amadaeus
Helicopter winch off fishing vessel, Amadeus. |
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Yacht sinking in Lyme Bay 12 June 2009 (selected sections from footage)
Aerial view of man rescued as his yacht broke up on rocks in Lyme Bay. The skipper, a 62 year old male from Norwich, was taken off the yacht by crewmen from the Inshore Lifeboat and then safely winched to the waiting helicopter, airlifted to the Helicopter base at Portland and met by Portland Bill Coastguards and South Western Ambulance. Apart from being cold and shaken he was found to be well. Press release |
