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5 crew rescued from Irish trawler off Scotland

Five crewmen have been rescued after an Irish registered fishing boat sank off the coast of Scotland...
TodayFM
TodayFM

9:42 PM - 20 Jan 2015



5 crew rescued from Irish traw...

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5 crew rescued from Irish trawler off Scotland

TodayFM
TodayFM

9:42 PM - 20 Jan 2015



Five crewmen have been rescued after an Irish registered fishing boat sank off the coast of Scotland.

The Irish vessel the " Iúda Naofa" got into difficulty at 11 o clock Tuesday morning when it started taking on water about 48 miles off the Isle of Lewis.

Stornoway Coastguard helicopter airlifted two crewmen to a nearby trawler, the Star of Hope, and 3 others were airlifted to hospital, where they're being treated for hypothermia.

4 of those rescued are from the Aran Islands, while the fifth crew member is Romanian.



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