Zwitserland, Zermatt

Een reddingshelikopter van Air Zermatt evacueerd gewonde bergbeklimmers met de longline. Air Zermatt is de bergreddingsdienst in Wallis. Piloten, Spoedartsen, Bergredders en Paramedics komen met helikopters in nood geraakte bergbeklimmers, wandelaars en skiers te hulp. Per jaar wordt 1300 keer uitgerukt.

Foto Menno Boermans / HH

Reportage about Air Zermatt, the helicopter mountain rescue services of the Swiss region Wallis. This pilots, paramedics and rescuers are answering more than 1200 calls a year, from mountain climbers, hikers, skiers who need help after an accident in the mountains. Zermatt is based at the foot of the famous Matterhorn mountain. Air Zermatt is one of the busiest and most professional rescue teams of Europe.