Armed Forces save woman

The AFM Operations Centre received a request by the Civil Protection Department to provide assistance in a rescue operation in Wied Babu, limits of Żurrieq on Sunday.

Although the police were initially informed that the she had sustained grievous injuries, the woman was subsequently certified to be suffering from slight injuries following further medical examination.

An AFM Alouette III helicopter was immediately dispatched and arrived on location soon after. It soon transpired that a woman was caught in an area that was inaccessible for the civil protection rescuers. The AFM Helicopter crew managed to winch the women to a safe area close by where an awaiting ambulance transferred the woman to Mater Dei Hospital.