Tonight saw the Swanage Coastguard Rescue Team tasked to search for a paraglider/handglider that had been reported to have crashed landed on the cliff at Ballard Down.
The Team were quickly joined by the Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 106 which undertook a visual search of the cliff face, guided by the informant through a telephone link through Portland Coastguard HQ direct to the helicopter.
Up a bit, down a bit, left a bit…
Nothing was found but the informant did the right thing in calling the Coastguard; we’d rather be called than not! ….and it gave us chance to work with the new helicopter.
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