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Tuesday 16 August 2011

Fisherman flown to hospital after losing finger.

 
 A fisherman has been flown to a hospital in Plymouth after his fingers were crushed on a fishing vessel.  Falmouth coastguards received a call from a crew member on the beam trawler William Stevenson at 11:55 BST.

William Stevenson picked up by VessdelTracker's AIS software.

An RAF rescue helicopter attended the scene, 20 miles south of the Isles of Scilly.

The fisherman was assessed on the boat by a paramedic and airlifted to Derriford Hospital where his conditon is not yet known.