Tasmania Walking Group Activates PLB
A walking group from the University of Tasmania activated their PLB (not EPIRB . . .) when a woman in their group fell down a 6m embankment on their return, injuring her ankle and shoulder.
Poor weather prevented the Westpac helicopter tasked to rescue her and a walking party of members of SES, Tasmania Ambulance Service, Land Search and Rescue, along with police attended and extracted the injured walker.
Read more here:
http://www.examiner.com.au/story/3246246/launceston-woman-rescued-by-group/?cs=95
