TWO fishermen have been rescued by the Coastguard search and rescue helicopter based in Stornoway, after their 20ft fishing vessel sank close to the shore west of Carloway, on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland.
Shortly after 3pm on Wednesday October 12 the Coastguard received a faint and broken mayday call requesting immediate assistance. The two crew managed to give their location, before abandoning their boat to a liferaft.
The Coastguard helicopter, along with the Stornoway, Ness and Breasclete Coastguard rescue teams, were immediately sent to the scene. The two fishing vessel crew members were winched from the shoreline into the helicopter and taken to Stornoway airfield, where they were met by an ambulance for medical attention.