A Royal Navy sailor was airlifted to Malta this afternoon after suffering a back injury.

The sailor, a woman, was serving on board the ocean survey ship HMS Scott.

The medical evacuation was performed 30 miles off Malta by a joint Italian-Maltese crew piloting an Italian Military Mission AB 212 helicopter.

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