Royal Air Force of Oman evacuates sick sailor

Muscat: A Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO) helicopter conducted a medical evacuation from a ship off the coast of Salalah and transported the sick sailor to Sultan Qaboos Hospital in Salalah for medical examination and treatment. Earlier, the Marine Security Centre received a call from a commercial ship flying the flag of Singapore and located 50 nautical miles off the Salalah coast.
The call communicated that one of ship’s crew members had a severe abdominal pain.