Here is a brief overview of the missions the Taranaki Rescue Helicopter has engaged in over April.
Date | Time | Location | Details |
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2 April | 18:25 | Manaia | Pick up boy with fractured arm, airlifted to Taranaki Base Hospital. |
3 April | 11:16 | Patea | Called out to two hunters overdue, stood down on route. |
4 April | 12:47 | Retaruke | Pick up male who had fallen off horse. |
4 April | 15:27 | Tihiroa | Pick up pregnant female with burns to 18% of her body, airlift to Waikato Hospital. |
6 April | 14:35 | Raglan | Winch diver off HMNZS Manawanui, airlifted to Auckland Hospital. |
7 April | 8:38 | Mt Taranaki | Transport patient with fractured leg from Waiaua Hut to Taranaki Base Hospital. |
7 April | 14:15 | Huinga | Uplift female horse rider with spinal injuries to Taranaki Base Hospital |
8 April | Mt Taranaki | Uplift male with chest pain, winched off track below Syme Hut. | |
10 April | 6:34 | Hawera | Airlift male from truck/car head on accident, airlifted to Taranaki Base Hospital. http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/8536290/Car-and-truck-collide-near-Hawera |
18 April | 6:59 | Waikato | Transfer patient to Waikato. |
24 April | 14:25 | Mt Egmont | Uplift cold trampers from hut. http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/8594121/Trampers-airlifted-out |
25 April | 8:45 | Mt Messenger | Motor vehicle accident, airlift patient to Waikato Hospital. http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/8598260/Head-on-crash-near-top-of-Mt-Messenger |
26 April | 13:10 | Waverley | Winch injured hunter from gully. |