A MAN is recovering in hospital after he had to be airlifted from his fishing boat in the North Sea.
The trawlerman was rescued from his vessel, Sonderborg, five miles north-east of Hartlepool at 3.15pm on Tuesday, by a helicopter from RAF Boulmer.
He was recovering in Hartlepool General Hospital yesterday with a broken leg.
The accident happened when a plaited metal rope which was under tension, split and knocked the man, who has not been identified, against a metal support.
The helicopter arrived soon after and he was flown to shore for medical treatment.
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