Around 15.00h yesterday afternoon a car plummeted down a scree slope, more or less opposite the roadside fountain on the Cabra road (near the abandoned gasolinera).
Tag Archive for helicopter
All in a Day’s Work
by Hugh MacArthur •
The mountain-rescue services in Granada were busy last Saturday, rescuing people both at 2,900 metres up and also much closer to sea level.
Windsurfer Rescued off Motril
by Martin Myall •
Salvamento Marítimo (sea rescue) were called out on Thursday to pick up a windsurfer whose mast/sail had broken – he was half a nautical mile out.
Intrepid Traveller
by Hugh MacArthur •
A ferry working the Spain-North Africa links came across an illegal immigrant in the middle of this very busy shipping lane… on a surfboard.
18 Climbers Rescued
by Hugh MacArthur •
(RGO) The Guardia Civil, mountain-rescue team had to assist 18 climbers from an 22-man-strong climbing excursion belonging to a local climbing club.
Woman Injured Abseiling
by Hugh MacArthur •
A woman was rescued in the Junta de Los Ríos above Otívar after having suffered a fall whilst abseiling down the waterfalls.
A Sea Rescue Easter
by Vivienne Hughes •
Salvamento Marítimo rescued 52 people, 11 of whom were women, all cramped into a zodiac-type dingy 36 miles of the coast of Granada on Good Friday. It was to be a busy Easter weekend.
Rescued from Cliff Face
by Martin Myall •
A maritime-rescue helicopter winched a man to safety this morning from a cliff face below the Punta de la Mona in La Herraura.
Chainsaw Accident
by Martin Myall •
A 24-year-old man was injured when the tree that he was toppling with a chainsaw fell onto him.
Small Jete Fire
by Martin Myall •
Despite being of very small proportions, the small fire that broke out within the municipality of Jete on the 24th received lots of attention and was quickly extinguished.