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February 21, 2010 @ 5:12 PM
67: We were asked to assist five female walkers who had reported themselves lost in poor visibility on Pendle Hill.
ON99 had circled the area where they were thought to be and the walkers themselves had confirmed they could hear the aircraft close by. The helicopter reported a grid reference above Ogden Clough (SD78474071) and a team member living close by was despatched to check the location and escort the walkers down.
A team vehicle was about to be sent to the Nick of Pendle to begin going along the track and the team leader was about to interrogate the walkers by telephone to try to fix their position. Visibility cleared sufficiently for ON99 to land and airlift the walkers off the hill, two at a time, so the team stood down at 17.51hrs.
Man hours: 2.50
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