Watch: Filipino Sailor With Depleting O2 Evacuated In Navy-Coast Guard Op
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Dramatic visuals showed the naval team, dressed in PPE suit and other protective gear, airlifting the sailor from MV Lyric Poet.
The Navy, with the help of the Coast Guard, on Tuesday evacuated a Filipino sailor, who is suspected to have Covid, from a merchant vessel in the high seas off Kochi. The rescue operation was carried out after the representatives of the vessel sent out an SOS saying the sailor's oxygen levels were plunging and that he needed urgent medical evacuation. In a swift coordinated ops, #medicalevacuation on the high seas was undertaken by #IndianNavy's Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH), from MV Lyric Poet off #Kochi.#IndianNavy#CoastGuard Coordinated ops#SouthernNavalCommand@DefencePROkochi@IndiaCoastGuard@DefenceMinIndiapic.twitter.com/msIZncsroZ A coordinated #MedicalEvacuation undertaken at sea off #Kochi,of a #Philippines crew from MV Lyric Poet by @indiannavy & @IndiaCoastGuard.IN #ALH from #INSGaruda launched at short notice in adverse weather condition.Patient shifted to #Naval Hospital #Sanjivani under #HQSNC(1/2) pic.twitter.com/V2KJIBVOeK
Dramatic visuals showed the naval team, dressed in PPE suit and other protective gear, airlifting the sailor from MV Lyric Poet. The sailor too was in a PPE suit and was wearing a facemask as he balanced preciously on the carrier, which held by a suspension cable amid strong winds.
