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Old 4th December 2022 | 14:12
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ShyTorque

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Originally Posted by [email protected]
A professional outfit would have winched one of the crew down - and if you don't have medically qualified rear crew why are you transporting casualties in the first place - who would have given a full assessment based on medical and aviation knowledge. They would also have ensured the ground party knew how to use a line to stabilise the stretcher.

The ground party may have asked for the helicopter but the crew can make the decision not to winch.

Just amateur-hour all round.
From the video, the terrain looked like it might have been possible to land on nearby, removing the need to winch in the first place!
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