A Filipino man was airlifted from a cargo ship 165 miles south-west of the Isles of Scilly.
RNAS Culdrose was launched on Wednesday evening to airlift the 32 year old man, who was aboard the Bahamas-registered Chiquita Schweiz en route to Sweden. It is thought the man was suffering from appendicitis.
They arrived back at the Royal Cornwall Hospital at Truro at 3.30am. He is still being treated there.