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Climber Airlifted From Little Orme After Fall in Llandudno

Rescuers used a coastguard helicopter winch due to the inaccessible location on The Diamond cliffs.

Overview

  • HM Coastguard was alerted around 3:30pm on September 13 and dispatched a search-and-rescue helicopter.
  • The casualty, described as a male, was winched from the cliff and flown to Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor for treatment.
  • Police, ambulance crews, Wales Air Ambulance, and coastguard rescue teams from Llandudno, Moelfre and Penmon responded after tasking by MRCC Holyhead.
  • A Llandudno RNLI medic assessed the patient on scene before the helicopter transport; the man's condition was not disclosed.
  • The Wales Air Ambulance landed on the promenade then returned to its Caernarfon base after the coastguard helicopter completed the transfer.