Coastguard helicopter rescue fishermen from sinking boat 23/7/14
Stornoway coastguards co-
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The cause of the floundering is unknown -
The crew managed to press the emergency Mayday electronic alert button on the VHF radio before the incoming sea water reached the wheelhouse.
The distress alert sent at about 6.40pm automatically relayed their position to coastguards and a rescue operation immediately swung into action.
Stornoway coastguards also picked up a voice Mayday call on VHF Channel 16 from the crew stating the vessel was sinking and they had no power.
The crew abandoned ship and clambered into a liferaft. Stornoway coastguard helicopter speed to the scene and spotted the liferaft.
They winched the men onboard the aircraft and airlifted them to the accident and emergency department at the Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway to be checked for hypothermia.
The Osprey later sunk to the bottom of the seabed.