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Wattisham crew rescues oil rig worker

Published: 2:04 PM July 21, 2002    Updated: 7:15 PM February 17, 2021

A RESCUE crew from RAF Wattisham was called to Santa Fe oilrig to airlift a man to hospital after a heart attack.The crew arrived at the North Sea rig, the destination of the ill-fated Sikorsky S-76 helicopter which crashed last week killing 11, at just after 8am this morning.

A RESCUE crew from RAF Wattisham was called to Santa Fe oilrig to airlift a man to hospital after a heart attack.

The crew arrived at the North Sea rig, the destination of the ill-fated Sikorsky S-76 helicopter which crashed last week killing 11, at just after 8am this morning.

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