A Hellenic Air Force helicopter carried out a dramatic rescue of a 25-year-old crew member from a Liberian-flagged tanker in the wider sea area of Chios, a Greek island situated in the northern Aegean Sea.
According to information from the Greek coast guard, a fishing vessel arrived in the area and picked up a 23-year-old man, also a crew member from the tanker, and transported him to the port of Chios. Both injured crew members required immediate hospital treatment.
As announced by a spokesman of the Hellenic Air Force, in the morning hours of Sunday, December 29, a super puma of the Air Force carried out a rescue mission (MEDEVAC), under bad weather conditions, of an injured person from a ship in the sea area of Chios and transported him to the Chios state airport, where he was picked up by an EKAB ambulance.
Specifically, the Chios port authority was informed that two men, aged 25 and 23 crew members, deck cadet and seaman respectively, of a Liberian-flagged tanker, which was in the wider sea area of Chios, needed immediate medical treatment.
An air force helicopter rushed to the scene, which picked up the 25-year-old, Myanmar national, and transported him to the Chios airport.
Additionally, the fishing vessel “Pantokrator” went to the area where it picked up the 23-year-old Pakistani national and transported him to the port of Chios.
Subsequently, the two injured were transported by EKAB ambulance to the Chios general hospital “Skylitseio”, for the provision of first aid.
The name of the tanker was not disclosed by the Greek coast guard authority.
The video of the rescue operation was released on the social media by the Hellenic Air Force on December 29.
Video credit: Hellenic Air Force
