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Poor weather stopped GNAAS responding to four Manx emergencies in the last year

Storms Darragh and Éowyn among those to blame

There have been four cases in the last 12 months where bad weather has stopped the Great North Air Ambulance from reaching the Isle of Man.

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Claire Christian says GNAAS operates two aircraft that can serve the Island - one based in Penrith and the other in Darlington.

She says there have been four instances in the last year that the charity couldn't attend a call, all of which have been related to poor weather.

On three of those occasions, the air ambulance was not dispatched because it was unable to fly during named storms like Darragh and Éowyn.

The fourth time it was dispatched but the poor conditions meant it couldn't land.

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