VIDEO: Dubai Police rescue Britisher, Australian from Hatta mountain
29 Jan 2021
Gulf Today,
Staff Reporter
The National Search and Rescue Centre, in coordination with Dubai Police Operations, rescued on Friday a British and an Australian tourist, aged between 55 and 58, after they failed to descend from the Hatta mountains in the emirate of Dubai due to exhaustion.
The Dubai Police Operations Room sent a report alerting that two climbers were stuck in the mountains of the Hatta. The report pointed out that three people descended safely from the top of the mountain, but two of the team failed due to extreme exhaustion.
Injured European trekkers airlifted from UAE mountain Filed on December 14, 2020 | Last updated on March 19, 2021 at 02.53 pm
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Rescued European trekkers receive treatment at a hospital in Ras Al Khaimah.
The Air Wing Section of the Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) Police recently managed to rescue two European tourists, who were injured while trekking the Sheha mountains in the northern emirate.
Group Commander Saeed Al Yamahi, who heads the Air Wing Section of the RAK Police, said on Monday morning that they had dispatched a chopper with a rescue team onboard to the Sheha mountains.
“The crew members managed to locate the two injured tourists and provide them with first aids.”