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Article: Dramatic rescue acted out at Hunstanton.
- Article from:
- Lynn News/Norfolk Citizen (King's Lynn, England)
- Article date:
- February 29, 2008
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A DRAMATIC rescue at sea was acted out when the three main lifesaving elements worked together off the coast at Hunstanton.
Help from the air, in the shape of an RAF Sea King helicopter, was joined by the Hunstanton lifeboat DJS Haverhill and the RNLI hovercraft, the Hunstanton Flyer.
The simulated sea rescue put the hovercraft to the test, dealing with the massive downdraught generated by a hovering helicopter.
And it passed with flying colours.
Lifeboat operations ...