An airborne sea rescue team airlifted a Romanian crewman from a crude oil tanker off shore of Durban on Friday.A 46-year-old Romanian crewman was airlifted from a crude oil tanker off shore of Durban on Friday after a medical emergency.
According to the National Sea Rescue Institute , the airborne sea rescue operation was initiated on Thursday night and was carried out on Friday morning. “NSRI Durban rescue swimmers, Netcare 911 rescue paramedics and a SA Air Force flight team in a SA Air Force 15 Squadron Oryx helicopter carried out the operation successfully,” said NSRI spokesperson Craig Lambinon. This follows another evacuation of a 37-year-old Filipino crewman who had fallen on a cargo carrier which was approaching Port Elizabeth on Sunday.