Lifeboats head to ditched helicopter

Kirkwall Lifeboat was launched along with lifeboats from Shetland after a helicopter ditched off Fair Isle on Monday afternoon.

The CHC-operated helicopter was carrying an oil crew from Aberdeen to a rig 86 miles north-west of Shetland when it ditched at around 3.30pm.

The 17 passengers and two crew were rescued by a nearby tanker and later airlifted, with some taken to Kirkwall.