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Article: Dramatic rescue for three injuredon freighter.
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- Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- February 2, 2008
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Dramatic rescue
for three injured
on freighter
A MAJOR rescue operation was under way off the south Irish coast last night to airlift the seriously injured master and two passengers off a cargo ship that had got into trouble in rough seas.
The crew of an RAF helicopter battled force nine severe gales and sea swells of 30 feet to reach the Liberian-registered freighter, which was 100 miles south of Mizen Head.
The master of the Horncliff, a 12,887 ton refrigerated vessel, was badly injured and 60 of the ...