English tourist rescued by CAF helicopter
Crew of the transport helicopters squadron (ETH) of the 93rd Air Force Base transported today, May 6, during the morning hours, with the MI-8 MTV helicopter, the 82-year-old citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the island of Korcula to Split Clinical Hospital.
The patient was on a tourist cruiser in Korcula port, and the emergency helicopter flight was requested for his health problems.
ETH crew since the beginning of this year transported 78 patients, whereas in the past year had more than a thousand medical flights, and participated in the rescue of 376 domestic and foreign patients.