Video: RNLI scramble to sinking fishing boat off Shetland

Five fishermen have been rescued after a dramatic incident off the coast of Shetland.

A lifeboat from Lerwick and the Coastguard helicopter were scrambled to help a Lerwick-registered trawler, Ocean Way.

The vessel reported taking on water at 6.50am.

The fishermen jumped into the sea as rescuers arrived, less than a minute before the boat slipped under the water.

The crew were hauled from the sea onto the RNLI lifeboat before being taking back to Lerwick.

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