Two Rescued By Coastguard After Microlight Crashes Into Cormarty Firth
Two people have been rescued by the Coastguard after their microlight crashed. The aircraft with two people on board was spotted in difficulty near Evanton just after 2pm and it then crashed into the Cromarty Firth off the coast of the North West Highlands. The UK Coastguard were informed and requested the launch of the RNLI Invergordon lifeboat. The Coastguard rescue helicopter from Inverness was scrambled and the Inverness, Cromarty and Portmahomack Coastguard Rescue Teams were sent to the scene. The lifeboat launched its inflatable rescue craft and rescued the two people. They were airlifted from there and taken by Coastguard helicopter to hospital. Calum Christie, UK Coastguard, said: "Although shocked and hypothermic, the crew were uninjured.
"It was fortunate that they were spotted by the other aircraft who quickly reported their predicament.
"We were able to get rescue resources on scene swiftly resulting in a positive outcome.''