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Pave Hawks en route to Atlantic rescue rendezvous

26th June 2009 - 17:00 GMT | by Tony Osborne in London

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An international rescue effort is currently en route to a ship in the Atlantic approximately 700 miles off the west coast of Ireland.

A crew member on board container ship “Pascha” has fallen seriously ill and needs urgent medical attention.

The ship’s distance from land makes it impossible for the traditional sea rescue operations to reach; and the UK’s Rescue Coordination Center requested the assistance of the US military forces who are based in England.

An RAF Nimrod maritime surveillance aircraft launching from RAF Kinloss in Scotland will provide coordination for the airborne effort that will include a total of

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Tony was deputy editor of Defence Helicopter and Rotorhub magazines before joining Aviation Week in …

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