Video: UAE authority airlifts injured man after fall from RAK mountain

The individual was taken to Al Saqr Hospital for the necessary treatment

Published: Tue 12 Nov 2024, 6:24 PM

Updated: Tue 12 Nov 2024, 6:43 PM

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UAE's search authority rescued an injured man who had fallen from a mountain on Tuesday.

The severely injured individual fell from a mountain in Ras Al Khaimah, stated the authority.

The National Search and Rescue Centre of the National Guard, in coordination with the Ras Al Khaimah Police, carried out a medical evacuation mission. Upon receiving the report, the search and rescue team was dispatched to the location.

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The injured man was taken to Al Saqr Hospital for the necessary treatment.

The authority shared visuals from the rescue mission on its social platforms.

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Earlier this month, six Emiratis were hurt in a four-vehicle collision along Emirates Road in Sharjah. Some of them had to be airlifted to the hospital due to serious injuries.

Prior to that in October, three citizens, with varying degrees of injuries, were rescued from the desert by Sharjah Police after they had been in a motorbike accident.

Meanwhile, on October 6, an Emirati man who sustained injuries in a car accident was rescued by the UAE's National Centre for Search and Rescue, in collaboration with the National Guard and Sharjah Police.

Five days later, a 58-year old Pakistani man who sustained serious injuries after his vehicle overturned was rescued by the authority and airlifted to Dubai for treatment.

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