The Portuguese Air Force carried out a rescue operation on the Pico Mountain in the Azores, a 31 -year -old Dutch tourist who was cornered in an escaped zone about 2,134 meters in altitude.
A On Thursday, he held the “complex rescue” of a man of Dutch nationality, who was “trapped in a sparse zone” from the mountain of the peak in the Azores, through an EH-101 Merlin helicopter.
According to a Portuguese Air Force statement, the 31 -year -old victim, who presented Signs of exhaustion and dehydrationwas in a “Very difficult access” zonein the northern side of the mountain, known as “AREEIRO DE SANTA LUZIA”, about 2,134 meters altitudewhich made it impossible for its extraction through terrestrial means in safety conditions.
The man asked for assistance from the Air Force Lajes Search and Rescue Coordination Center, which reported the situation to – a entity responsible for the support and control of climbs and descents on the peak mountainwhich proceeded to activate a rescue team of the Volunteer Firefighters of Madalena.
However, “the rescue team considered it unfeasible to land extraction, given the danger to the operational and to its own, recommending the commitment of air media,” he said.
At the request of the and firefighters from the Azores, the Air Force helicopter was triggered to the place and, an hour later, the Victim was “successfully recovered”.
The man was transported to Pico Airport, later heading to a health unit.
