Enea

Three crewmen from the "Enea" were airlifted to safety after they fell from a rescue boat during a routine launch of the fast rescue craft despite calm conditions on Aug 23, 2011, at 8.30 a.m. All men were working on board the "Enea" at the Tern field, 100 miles north east of Shetland. They were recovered by their fellow crewmen, but doctors advised they be flown to Lerwick to be checked up by medical staff at Gilbert Bain Hospital. The Tern platform crew contacted Shetland coastguard who launched the Sumburgh-based rescue helicopter, which flew to the field and winched the men aboard, arriving back at Lerwick at about 11.15 a.m. Two of the men were able to walk to the waiting ambulance, while the third was conveyed on a stretcher.