A 53 year old man was rescued by an Air Force helicopter at the weekend, from a trawling vessel in Portimão. (video)
According to the Air Force statement , “in need of emergency medical care, at 1:35 pm, Air Force support was requested to rescue the patient so that immediate transportation to a hospital unit was possible. Ten minutes later, the EH-101 Merlin helicopter, from Squadron 751 – 'Pumas', took off from Air Base No. 6 in Montijo, towards the fishing vessel that was located 19 km off the coast near Portimão”.
After the successful rescue of the vessel, the patient was transported to the Faro hospital heliport.
See the video here: https://www.facebook.com/PortugueseAirForce/videos/1091681765344676/
