A medical emergency onboard a huge cruise liner bound for Edinburgh sparked the launch of an RNLI crew who raced to the North Sea.
Invergordon's volunteer crew were paged to assist the emergency which had departed the town earlier that day on Tuesday, August 9. Six crew members reached the mega cruise ship, with two casualty-trained crew boarding and transporting the person in distress back to ambulance crews waiting at Invergordon harbour.
Releasing more information on the vital rescue, the Invergordon Lifeboat Team said: "Invergordon’s Volunteer crew were paged to launch to assist with a medical issue on board a Cruise Liner which had departed earlier in the evening bound for Edinburgh.
