The high tides triggered a drama out at sea about 25 miles off Flamborough Head.

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"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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