Abu Dhabi: A 37-year-old man who suffered a fractured neck after an accident aboard a ship in waters off Sharjah was rescued by the Abu Dhabi Police Air Wing Department.
The operations room of the Sharjah Air Wing Section received a request for assistance from the Central Operations of Sharjah Police reporting that an Asian man needed help in the open water.
Brigadier Pilot Ali Mohammad Al Mazroui, Director of the Air Wing Department at the General Secretariat of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, pointed out that a search and rescue helicopter took off immediately from the Air Wing Section in Sharjah to the accident site with a medical crew onboard.
“It appeared that the ship did not have an area for landing the aircraft, so the crew members resorted to their skills to rescue the injured man. They placed him in a stretcher as per applicable medical methods, and meticulously winched him to the aircraft,” he said.
Meanwhile, Brigadier Pilot Abdullah Salem Al Dheeb, Chief of the Sharjah Air Wing Section, said that the crew onboard the aircraft and the ship worked together to successfully winch the injured person to the chopper.
Once aboard the aircraft, the medical crew provided the necessary medical care, before airlifting him to Al Qasimi Hospital for further treatment.
Brig Al Mazroui noted that the Air Wing Department and its various sections countrywide, along with all pilots and airmen, work round the clock in order to maintain security and safety and provide assistance when they receive any distress call.
