A 53-year old crewman of an Italian flagged fuel-oil carrier was evacuated to Mater Dei Hospital by helicopter yesterday evening, the Armed Forces of Malta said.

The crewman, Adrian Pralea who is a Romanian national was onboard the tanker Alice about 73 nautical miles east of Malta.

The tanker informed the AFM's Rescue Co-ordination Centre, through its local agents, that the crewman was unconscious and required urgent medical treatment.

The locally-based Italian Air Force AB212 rescue-helicopter was scrambled to airlift Mr Pralea, as the vessel steamed closer to Malta.

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