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Life Flight's Westpac rescue helicopter rescues 2 off cliffs
The Life Flight Trust’s Westpac rescue helicopter has this afternoon rescued 2 people from cliffs on the Wairarapa South Coast.
At Approx 1pm this afternoon The life Flight Trust was requested by Police to respond to a report of 2 persons stuck on the side of a cliff at the Pinnacle Rocks on the Wairarapa South Coast.
Life Flight responded in the Westpac Rescue Helicopter with a Wellington Free Ambulance Paramedic on board.
The Helicopter crew was able to quickly locate the pair who had climbed into a position from which they could not go up or down the cliff.
A paramedic was winched down and secured each of the women into a rescue harness to be winched back up into the helicopter.
Neither of the 2 Wellington woman were uninjured so they were flown to a nearby car park where Police returned them to their own vehicle and waiting family.
The Life Flight Trust is a charity
providing air rescue and air ambulance services. It operates
the Wellington based Westpac Rescue Helicopter and a
nationwide air ambulance service. It relies on support from
the public and sponsorship from partners such as Westpac to
provide these services. Further information can be obtained
from www.lifeflight.org.nz
www.lifeflight.org.nz
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