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A FISHERMAN HAS been rescued by the coast guard after falling while on board a boat.
The Irish Coast Guard was notified that the man, a 54-year-old from Lithuania, was injured at 8.20pm on Tuesday. At this point, the fishing boat which he was on was about 115 miles west of Slea Head in county Kerry.
A crew from Shannon Coast Guard failed to rescue the man that night due to darkness. They successfully airlifted him from the Maggie C at 8am on Wednesday morning, when the boat was 58 miles from the coastline.
An ambulance was waiting and brought him to University Hospital Limerick. The remaining crew of five men were uninjured.
A spokesperson for Valentia Coast Guard said they were notified of another injured fisherman at 4.20am today. He’s a 26-year-old Irish male who dislocated his shoulder aboard the Rachel Jay.
The vessel will reach Baltimore, West Cork at about 10pm, where an ambulance will be waiting to bring the man to hospital.
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Once again, all praise to all involved in the rescue. And best of luck to the injured fisherman.
At first the injured man was told to hold on with both hands.
Sorry, I should have started with the boilerplate ‘Job well done and hopes for a full recovery’ comment of the week stuff.
No loss of life and a very treatable injury.
Ah but come on bie, he won’t be able to work for months at best, the summer months, more time at sea more cash in the bank. He may very well not work again if the break is severe enough. And the longer it went untreated the higher the chance of infection so yes, well done to all. Not for comment of the week, simply because it was a dangerous job well done.
So, you’re a glass-half-empty man then, John?
‘Twas the lameness of the joke rather than inappropriateness that earned you all those red thumbs I think
Lame jokes and painful puns are part and parcel of theJournal’s commentary. Just wait for the next food related article.
Why did they have to wait until 0800am. Are we not paying 550m for this contract and they can’t do it at night?? I’m guessing the crew were wondering the same thing, even if they had to wait for day why was it left until 0800.
The aircraft and crew are more than capable of flying at night and they operate a 24-hour service. The aircraft are also equipped with a pretty massive spotlight and infra-red camera. I’d say the ‘due to darkness’ thing is an oversimplification. Quite possibly the vessel had very little free space on the deck to put a winchman down (often the case with fishing vessels). Delivering the winchman to a rolling deck with lots of obstacles is bad enough in daylight, without the only lights being those on the deck and a very bright spotlight directly above casting long shadows all around.
Irish Coast guard says on their Facebook page that Rescue 115 lifted off for the successful rescue at 0500.
Hope he’s ok
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