An amazing video has emerged of a helicopter being used to airlift an injured fisherman from a trawler in the north Atlantic.

The footage, captured by a crewmember on the deep water fishing vessel "Venture II" BF326 late last month, shows a rescue worker from Irish Coast Guard Rescue 115 descending from a helicopter to winch the man to safety in stormy conditions.

According to the filmer, the fisherman suffered a spinal injury and was taken to a hospital in Dublin, Ireland where he had an operation to stabilise his neck vertebrae with two pins and he will be off work for six months.

An amazing video has emerged of a helicopter being used to airlift an injured fisherman from a trawler in the north Atlantic.

The footage, captured by a crewmember on the deep water fishing vessel "Venture II" BF326 late last month, shows a rescue worker from Irish Coast Guard Rescue 115 descending from a helicopter to winch the man to safety in stormy conditions.

According to the filmer, the fisherman suffered a spinal injury and was taken to a hospital in Dublin, Ireland where he had an operation to stabilise his neck vertebrae with two pins and he will be off work for six months.