Rescue action on the Baltic. Damaged evacuated to land

On March 9, the crew of the W-3WARM rescue chopper from the Naval Aviation Brigade (BLMW) has already carried out an 8th rescue operation in the Baltic this year. Medical evacuation to land required a man from a ship located 15 nautical miles northeast of Łeba. The action on behalf of the Centre for Marine Operations - Marine Component Command was coordinated by the Emergency Operations Division.

On 9 March before noon, a distress chopper crew at W-3WARM at the 44th Naval Air Base in Darłów was informed that urgent medical assistance was required by a man on a ship located 15 nautical miles north-east of Łeba. After taking off from the airport at 12:10, the crew diverted the device to the action area. Then, after the unit was located at sea, she embarked on a suspension maneuver and surgery to take the patient. At 13.03 pm, the man was already on board a chopper flying towards the mainland. In little than an hour, the device landed at the infirmary landing site in Słupsk where the victim was handed over to a medical rescue team.

In the past of the BLMW, it was the 834th rescue action and 453rd individual whose crews of aircraft and airplanes provided assistance.