ABU DHABI // A police helicopter has rescued a severely injured Chinese seaman from aboard his ship.
The vessel was about 37 kilometres off the coast of Abu Dhabi when the man suffered the injuries.
An air wing helicopter was dispatched to pick him up and he was taken to Sheikh Khalifa Medical City hospital for treatment.
Brig Gen Ali Al Mazrouei, director of the air wing department, said the operations centre worked with Zayed Port and the ship’s captain to determine the exact location of the ship at sea.
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