Man winched to safety from Channel
09:08, 12 March 2013
A man has been flown to hospital by RAF helicopter after being winched to safety from a tanker in the Channel during bad weather.
Coastguards were called just before 9pm last night after the man was injured in a fall onboard the vessel.
He's been taken to the QEQM Hospital in Margate for treatment.
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