An Egyptian sailor complaining of “severe neck and ear pain” was airlifted and brought to Malta by an Italian military heli-copter yesterday.

The crew member fell ill on a trawler about 67 nautical miles off Malta.

The helicopter, with a joint Italian-Maltese crew, brought the sick sailor to Malta at 1.33 am and was immediately transferred to Mater Dei Hospital.

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