A man was hoisted from the sea by an AFM helicopter this afternoon after finding himself in difficulty.

The AFM said that after receiving a distress call it deployed an Alouette helicopter whose crew found the man, an Italian, holding on to a buoy off Wied in-Żurrieq.

He had been unable to get ashore.

The man was hoisted by the helicopter and landed safely in the car park.

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