"The high tides triggered a drama out at sea about 25 miles off Flamborough Head when a ferry crewman was badly injured by falling machinery.
The seaman, who was on board The Blue Star One, had to be airlifted to Hull Royal Infirmary by helicopter. He was believed to have suffered serious head injuries and other broken bones.
"The helicopter crew did a fantastic job in what was effectively a Storm Force 9 gale," added the coastguard spokesman. "We understand the seaman is badly hurt but, never the less, lucky to still be alive."
09 November 2007
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"A sailor was injured on a vessel 25 miles off
Flamborough Head and a rescue helicopter from RAF
Leaconfield was scrambled at 1am.
The seaman, who was aboard the passenger vessel Blue
Star One, had to be airlifted to Hull Royal Infirmary
by a RAF Sea King Search and Rescue helicopter after
suffering head injuries and a fractured leg below the
knee from falling machinery.
A coastguard spokesman said: "It was getting up to 40
or 50 knots out there. Getting an injured person off a
ship in those conditions is very tricky indeed. The
sailor is lucky to have got off alive."
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