RAF Mountain Rescue Teams evacuate walkers from Snowdonia and Lake District
Members of two RAF Mountain Rescue Teams (MRT) have been dispatched to evacuate injured walkers stuck in the mountains.
Teams from RAF Leeming and RAF Valley were called out the Lake District and Snowdonia respectively.
"When the first callout came through it was incredible to see how quickly and efficiently the team mobilised, coming together to assist the civilian team and casualty," said Corporal Coutts of the RAF MRT about the incident in the Lake District.
RAF Leeming dispatched a team to Angle Tarn, near Hartsop, where a walker had been injured.
The casualty required immediate assistance as they were suffering from chest pains and subsequently became hypothermic.
Working alongside Patterdale MRT and HM Coastguard, the RAF Leeming MRT moved the casualty to allow a Coastguard helicopter to transport them to hospital.
Speaking to Forces News before the rescue missions, the Deputy MRT Leader at RAF Leeming, Sergeant Jake Tharratt, said: "The RAF Mountain Rescue Service is here primarily for post-aircraft crash management.
"So we're held at one hour's notice to move, and we respond to any military aircraft crashing in the UK.
"The traditional mountain rescue jobs are a great method of training for us, we do still get involved in them, but it's normally assisting the civilian mountain rescue team.
"Once on scene if needed we will help with any lifesaving activity that needs to be carried out, and from there we'll move into a security posture."
Meanwhile, a team from RAF Valley received a call while some of the members were out on a training exercise.
A walker had fallen and injured their knee on Llanberis path on Snowdon.
Working with Llanberis MRT, the RAF team evacuated the casualty, who was then taken to hospital by ambulance.
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