Ship runs aground
Sunday 14 February 1993 00:02 GMT
CommentsFIVE crew from the Danish cargo ship Bettina Danica, which went aground on the island of Stroma just north of John o'Groats, were winched to safety by an RAF helicopter after tugs failed to tow the vessel from rocks.
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