Tas: Helicopter rescues two people from wilderness

AAP General News (Australia)
12-31-2005
Tas: Helicopter rescues two people from wilderness

Two people have been rescued by helicopter today from Tasmania's wilderness in two
separate incidents.

A man was from a remote track in Tasmania's central highlands after becoming ill on
a hiking trip.

Emergency authorities received a call from a member of the man's party on a satellite
phone late this afternoon calling for medical help.

The party was at the Pelion Hut on the overland track near Cradle Mountain, north-west of Hobart.

The man was picked up by a rescue helicopter and taken to Launceston General Hospital
in a stable condition.

Earlier today the same helicopter was used to winch a Victorian woman to safety after
she was injured on a commercial hiking trip along the Franklin River.

The 39-year-old woman was flown to Hobart for treatment.

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KEYWORD: HIKER (HOBART)

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