3 female tourists lost atop RAK mountain rescued
ras al khaimah — Three female European tourists — who got trapped after losing their way in RAK mountains while trekking — were rescued in the nick of time by the Ras Al Khaimah Police.
A team of search and rescue staff, civil defence men, and national ambulance, equipped with paramedics, swung into action and rushed to the scene.
The rescue operation took only a few hours “despite the rough rocky terrain”, said Major General Ali Abdullah bin Alwan Al Nuaimi, General Commander of Ras Al Khaimah Police, early on Saturday.
“The three Europeans tourists, aged 31, 34, and 34, were on a trek when it got dark and they found themselves stranded.”
Brigadier Mohammed Saeed Al Humaidi, director general of the central operations room, RAK Police, added that the central operations room received the report of the missing tourists around 6.30pm on Friday.
“The rescue teams located the lost tourists and provided them with the required first aid and guided them to safety with the help of two Asian trekkers
who happened to be at the same place.”
The tourists did well by contacting the police for help at the right time before their cell phones went dead, or before losing signals.
“A few days back the Air Wing Section of the RAK Police managed to rescue three tourists who were hiking the mountains when they could not find their way back.