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HH-3F of Italian Air Force rescued an officer of a Turkish ship

Trapani, Italy - The operation made despite the prohibitive weather

Yesterday an HH-3F SAR (Search and Rescue) helicopter of Italian Air Force, rescued the first officer of Turkish cargo ship Duden, hit by air embolism and with a fractured long bone, about three miles south from Mazara del Vallo, Trapani (Sicily). The operation was made difficult by the rough sea and by the 40 knot of the wind, but the man now is under the treatment of the Trapani hospital’s doctors, w...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 137447
Rome, Italy, 03/13/2006 17:32
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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