Russian fisherman airlifted to Sligo after suspected heart attack
A Russian fisherman, who suffered a suspected heart attack, has been airlifted off a ship in the North Atlantic to Sligo.
The alarm was raised by the ship's crew yesterday afternoon, but the Sligo-based Sikorsky coastguard helicopter could not reach the man in time as the ship was 200 miles off the North West coast.
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