Helicopter rescues fallen hiker

Helicopter rescues fallen hiker

This is the moment the rotor blades of a rescue helicopter get dangerously close to massive boulders on the side of a mountain as they arrive to help a 43-year-old woman who fell 230 feet while hiking in the Pyrenees.The accident took place on Sunday in the area known as Cresta de Llosas, near the Aneto mountain, the highest mountain in the Pyrenees located near the municipality of Benasque, in the northern Spanish province of Huesca in the Aragon region.The Spanish Civil Guard reported in a press statement obtained by Newsflash that the emergency services of Aragon had been called by the man accompanying the victim informing them that she had fallen from the mountain near Aneto.A Spanish Civil Guard spokesperson told Newsflash the relationship between the man who was "aged 45" but who was not named, and the victim, was "unknown".

He was in shock after the incident, but he had not been injured.The woman had reportedly fallen 70 metres (229 feet).