 The crew made a dash across the Irish Sea |
A pregnant woman was flown by Royal Navy helicopter from Northern Ireland to Scotland in an emergency journey to save her twins. She was 29 weeks' pregnant when she went into early labour in Coleraine.
The woman was admitted to a local hospital but two special neo-natal cots needed by doctors were unavailable.
A Sea King helicopter was scrambled from HMS Gannet at Prestwick in the west of Scotland to take her to Wishaw General Hospital, North Lanarkshire.
The Ministry of Defence confirmed details of its mercy dash on behalf of the woman, a mother of three, who was not due to give birth for seven weeks.
The helicopter was originally heading for Ninewells Hospital near Dundee, but the crew were told en route of two cots more closely available, at Wishaw.
It changed course, and the woman was admitted to the hospital's neo-natal unit. It was understood she had not given birth.
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