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Armed Forces rescue two foreign sailors in distress
In separate cases, two foreign sailors required the services of the AFM Operations Centre
13 June 2016, 8:43am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
The AFM Operations Centre helped two separate sailors in need of medical assistance
Late yesterday afternoon, a foreign registered fishing vessel 50nm off the Maltese coast sent a distress call to the Armed Forces of Malta. A Tunisian national reportedly suffering from severe chest pain was evacuated by helicopter and taken to Mater Dei Hospital by ambulance.
In a separate case, early this morning the AFM dispatched a helicopter to evacuate a Libyan sailor off a fishing vessel. He was taken to hospital by ambulance suffering from general exhaustion and bleeding.
