Fisherman rescued off Cape coast
Date: 18 August 2007
SA Air Force helicopters and the NSRI's Air Sea Rescue team have lifted off from Air Force Base Ysterplaat to airlift a 35-year-old Peruvian fisherman suspected to be suffering from a heart attack, on the Maral fishing vessel off the West Coast.
The 35-year-old man, suffering myocardial infarction symptoms, would be plucked from vessel Maral, 50 nautical miles out to sea off Kleinsee, said NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon.
The vessel called for medical assistance on Friday while fishing in deep seas off Namibia and beyond the range of a medical evacuation.
The African Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre placed the airforce and NSRI on alert to rendezvous with the vessel once it was within range for a helicopter medical evacuation.
A Netcare 911 ambulance had been sent to receive the patient on his arrival at Air Force Base Ysterplaat.
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