8 August 2022 at 19:38 Hikers rescued by rescue helicopter – seriously injured and sent to Tromsø The Finnish hiker who this afternoon fell down a mountainside north of Skjomtinden has now been taken out by a rescue helicopter and flown to UNN in Tromsø. The man who fell is in his 20s, and the tour group is also Finnish. The other four tourists in the tour group have also been brought down from Skjomtinden and taken to the hospital in Narvik for a check-up. Kristoffer Johansen, head of the police, confirms this to news. He tells of a three-hour long and demanding rescue operation, both due to fog and steep terrain. – The police received a report about a Finnish tour group where a person had fallen down a cliff and was unable to get up. The air ambulance was then called, which tried to retrieve the walker. Dense fog made that impossible. Then a rescue helicopter was sent from Bodø, which stopped by Svolvær to pick up an alpine rescue group. The helicopter had to land some distance from the accident site due to difficult flying conditions. The rescue crew then made their way in on foot. – The helicopter picked up the person who fell. And is on a trip to Tromsø. The police do not know what caused the Finnish tourist to fall down the cliff. It is uncertain how far the walker fell, but the police inform news that the injured person was conscious when the police received information about the accident. The mountain Skjomtinden or Sleeping Queen rises 1,575 meters above sea level, and can be seen from large parts of the city and large parts of Ofoten.
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Hikers rescued by rescue helicopter – seriously injured and sent to Tromsø – news Nordland
