Accident ‘a sign service is needed’

By Wendy Spooner
February 2 2015 - 4:00am
SAFE AND SOUND: The Newcastle-based Westpac rescue helicopter winched a paraglider from Mt Borah yesterday. Photo: Godfrey Wenness
SAFE AND SOUND: The Newcastle-based Westpac rescue helicopter winched a paraglider from Mt Borah yesterday. Photo: Godfrey Wenness

THE fact that a Westpac rescue helicopter had to come from Newcastle yesterday to winch an injured paragliding competitor from the side of Mt Borah near Manilla was a sign the winching capability of the Tamworth-based helicopters should be reinstated, organisers said.

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