Newcastle News
RESCUE CHOPPER CALLED IN FOR MEDICAL EMERGENCY ON COAL SHIP
A medical mercy mission this afternoon, with a man flown to hospital from a coal ship off Newcastle.
The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked with airlifting the 65-year-old from the United Crown, which was almost 10kms off the coast between Redhead and Swansea.
Suffering a heart condition, the man was taken to John Hunter Hospital.
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