Six mountain rescue teams search for walkers

More than 50 rescue team members were involved in a "particularly challenging" operation after two walkers reported getting into difficulty in Derbyshire.

Kinder Mountain Rescue Team (KMRT) said it was alerted at 16:40 GMT on Friday to a walker with an injured ankle on Kinder Plateau.

Although there was no phone signal, the pair used a satellite alert system but after a second alert was received with differing locations reported, six rescue teams were deployed, along with the coastguard helicopter and a dog search unit.

Once the walkers were located and led to safety, it was confirmed all reports had come from them and the operation was stood down.

KMRT said the two walkers used an iPhone satellite alert, which is a basic text system routed through a relay centre in Amsterdam.

Three crews from the Kinder team were sent out but due to bad weather, assistance was requested from the Glossop team.

Derbyshire Police then reported two people in difficulty in roughly the same area but on a different phone, KMRT said.

Glossop was deployed to the second call while the Buxton team was brought in to replace them on the first.

More reports from the relay centre came in but with a series of slightly different locations.

To cover more ground, KMRT said, the Edale team was also requested and, with improved weather, the coastguard helicopter and a dog search team were also called upon.

Glossop then found the missing walkers and they confirmed all calls and alerts had come from them. The walkers were then taken to their car in Edale.

A KMRT spokesman said: "We would like to thank our neighbouring teams and the Coastguard for their help with this particularly challenging incident.

"Well over 50 mountain rescue team members were involved in this rescue which took around five hours."

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