The Titan HI–Line Team, a division of Sea Rescue Helicopter Services, responded to a call to evacuate a crewman from the bulk carrier MV OPS Winner on Friday 17 February at 17h45.The helicopter met the vessel 12 miles off shore, landed on her deck and after evaluating the patient, loaded him and was back at the helicopter base by 18h48.The Metro medic was Daren Pick and NSRI crewman Andre Beuster.
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Read MoreNorman Rautenbach, NSRI Richards Bay station commander, said: At 14h29, Monday, 19 October, NSRI Richards Bay duty crew were placed on alert to prepare for a maritime medical evacuation operation for 3 male seafarers injured onboard a 292-meter bulk carrier ...
A 48-year-old man from Belgium is expected to be discharged from hospital today after a non-fatal drowning incident at a remote beach between Brenton-on-Sea and Buffalo Bay on Monday afternoon. The man, on a cycling holiday with his family, is ...
On Saturday morning, NSRI Port Nolloth volunteers on a routine training exercise responded when a local mining vessel raised concern for three of her crew who had gone ashore on their RHIB (rigid hull inflatable boat) and not been heard ...