Guest 652- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Helicopter flying over Astor and Elmsvale since before six this morning, now dropped down onto Elmsvale rec, cant see from where I am as to whats going on, now up over Plum Pudding, must be searching or tracvking something
Guest 652- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#2
whatever it was helicopter landed in rec, police must have been there could see flashing blue lights, now chopper taken off
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#3
one was flying over the same area yesterday afternoon.
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#4
I heard and saw it when I took Jean to Buckland early this morning (06.30); no idea what it was looking for though.
Roger
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#5
Audere est facere.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#6
Thanks Martin - happy ending then.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#7
must have been a frightening experience for them, may need treatment for exposure.
Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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#8
Bet they were cold and frightened, thankfully the helicopter did the business again.
Audere est facere.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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#9
Thanks Martin and well done all. I take it that it is a bit of a trek then this cross country walk?
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 731- Registered: 8 Nov 2011
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#10
From the Dover Express Facebook page
UPDATE: Helicopter search for missing girls in Dover woods
FOUR girls went missing for at least five hours in woods near Dover in the early hours of this morning.
Dover Coastguard sent out a helicopter over countryside in Church Hougham and Maxton following a request from Kent Police at 4.49am.
It is understood the girls, three from Folkestone and one from Hythe, got lost near Kearsney on the eve
ning of Friday, December 7.
A fire crew from Folkestone was also called to assist, as a dog team were sent out in search of the missing youngsters.
The Coastguard helicopter from Lee-on-Solent, near Portsmouth, helped locate the girls at around 7.30am on Saturday, December 8.
A spokesman for Kent Police said officers were called at 2.15am on Saturday to reports of four teenage girls missing in a wooded area in Dover.
"The girls had gone from Folkestone to Dover Priory train station at about 11pm the previous evening and had walked to a wooded area, believed to be near Kearsney Abbey, when they reported that they were lost," he added.
"Police attended and used sirens and blue lights to help identify the location of the missing girls. A coastguard helicopter was called and the girls were found at about 7.30am.
"They were winched to safety and moved to a sports field on Elms Vale Road where they were met by South East Coast Ambulance.
"They were transported to the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford to be treated for cold complaints, no other injuries reported at the time."
Guest 652- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#11
Glad everything turned out alright, and they are OK
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#12
they still have to face their parents and can expect a few harsh words from them.
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#13
"If it ain't broke, fix it til it is."