A search and rescue team from 103 Squadron in Gander retrieved a sick crewmember from a fishing vessel in the Labrador Sea recently.
The airlift took place on August 22nd and was posted today on the social media platform X by the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Halifax.
On 22 Aug, 103 #SAR Squadron Gander was tasked to rescue someone suffering a medical emergency on a fishing vessel in the Labrador Sea. The patient was hoisted off the vessel and transferred to an ambulance in Goose Bay, NL. #RESCUE pic.twitter.com/V3GM5ZyZ03
— Halifax JRCC CCCOS (@hfxjrcc) September 17, 2024
They said the person was suffering from a medical emergency, but did not elaborate.
The patient was hoisted off the vessel to a hovering Cormorant helicopter and transferred to an ambulance and then hospital in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.