An Italian fisherman was air lifted to Mater Dei Hospital by the Armed Forces of Malta after suffering a severe chest pain on Saturday.

The 37-year-old was aboard the fishing vessel Naucratus, some 113 nautical miles southeast of Malta.

A helicopter from the Italian military mission, with an Italo-Maltese crew, went out and rescuers winched the patient up.

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