Aberdeen
Coastguard began co-ordinating the response at 11:21
p.m. on 5 October 2001 to a Mayday alert received from the
88-metre offshore supply vessel 'Stirling Altair' from a
position 96 miles east of Aberdeen.
The vessel suffered an engine room fire losing all power
and began drifting with 12 people on board.
Three standby supply
vessels alongside and the rescue helicopter from RAF
Boulmer were scrambled and a Nimrod aircraft from RAF
Kinloss was also on scene. |
Rescue helicopter
from
RAF Boulmer was scrambled
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