A 45-year old Russian crewman was this afternoon evacuated from his ship by an AFM helicopter  after suffering a heart attack.

The Moscow-born seaman was transferred to Mater Dei Hospital when his ship, the tanker Transsib Bridge, was 18 nautical miles from Delimara Point, anchored at Hurd Bank.

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