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Helicopter joins mission to rescue kayaker off Herne Bay

By: Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Published: 10:59, 20 September 2021

Updated: 14:43, 20 September 2021

A helicopter joined a cross-agency mission to rescue a kayaker who got into difficulty two miles off the Kent coast.

Whitstable lifeboat was launched to a report of a man in a kayak struggling to return to shore near Herne Bay.

Whitstable RNLI lifeboat near the former Herne Bay pier head. Stock picture: RNLI Whitstable

The Herne Bay Coastguard Rescue Team and a coastguard helicopter were also sent to the scene two miles off the coast of Beltinge, between the former Herne Bay pier head and the Kentish Flats wind farm.

The incident happened at about 1pm on Friday and a 52-year old man was taken on board the lifeboat and wrapped in a thermal blanket.

He was landed ashore along with his kayak at the Neptune Jetty, and placed in the care of the coastguard team.

He did not require any medical treatment.

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