MCA Archive

The Portland Bill Coastguard Rescue Team and Coastguard Rescue helicopter 106 were called to assist and found the gentleman with very serious injuries to his ankles. The helicopter was at the scene for 50 minutes, stabilising his injuries and lifting him from a very precarious position. He was then flown to Dorset County Hospital for treatment. It is believed that the gentleman is Hungarian and has been working in the Portland area. At the moment it’s not clear how he sustained his injuries. The following short excerpt clips were used by BBC Spotlight to cover the story.

Rare footage of the Spinningdale wreckage, being cut up and removed, on the island of St Kilda.

July 2009 Recent footage of the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter on the Shetland Islands.

13 July 2009 (selected sections from footage) The crane, a twin boom rig with the cab suspended on rails failed at both uprights and collapsed onto various containers below. Whilst the Fire and Rescue Service extricated the man and placed him on a spinal board discussions continued as to the best place to remove the injured man by winch. The helicopter then lifted him from the area within the crash site to the dockside where an ambulance took him to hospital by road.

12 June 2009 (selected sections from footage) Aerial view of man rescued as his yacht broke up on rocks in Lyme Bay. The skipper, a 62 year old male from Norwich, was taken off the yacht by crewmen from the Inshore Lifeboat and then safely winched to the waiting helicopter, airlifted to the Helicopter base at Portland and met by Portland Bill Coastguards and South Western Ambulance. Apart from being cold and shaken he was found to be well.