crice : "I don't think that the winch cable could have been more than 20metres from the wires."
Hello crice,
20 m ! That's very close !
the next time, ride your bycicle on an airport, there's much more room to operate.
(if you were note on a bycicle, my joke is dead...).
for your info, In the country you were on holidays, there are 35 helicopters like this one doing each year about 10 000 winch operations (day and night). it's not a nice experience but you can trust the crew.
And about the crew, it was not a Swiss paramedic but a French emergency doctor. Morzine is in France and if the Swiss Rega has 6 EC145, they're red and withe !
BRGS and hope you're find now
Henri