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| Three rescued after avalanche in Cairngorm mountains | Three rescued after avalanche in Cairngorm mountains |
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| Three people have been taken to Raigmore Hospital by air following an avalanche in the Cairngorm mountains. | Three people have been taken to Raigmore Hospital by air following an avalanche in the Cairngorm mountains. |
| None are thought to have sustained serious injuries. | None are thought to have sustained serious injuries. |
| The avalanche was reported to have happened shortly before 11:30 in the Coire an t-Sneachda area of the Cairngorms. | The avalanche was reported to have happened shortly before 11:30 in the Coire an t-Sneachda area of the Cairngorms. |
| Northern Constabulary said emergency services, who were conducting training in the area, are still responding to the avalanche. | Northern Constabulary said emergency services, who were conducting training in the area, are still responding to the avalanche. |
| Officers from Northern Constabulary are being assisted by members of Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team, an RAF rescue helicopter and Strathclyde Police Mountain Rescue Team. | Officers from Northern Constabulary are being assisted by members of Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team, an RAF rescue helicopter and Strathclyde Police Mountain Rescue Team. |
| It was the second avalanche in the area in the space of an hour. | |
| Two men had a lucky escape in the morning, when snow gave way beneath them near the Fiacaill Buttress in the Coire an t-Sneachda area. | |
| They did not require help, but the three other climbers were not so fortunate when the second avalanche occurred around 40 minutes later. | |
| They were ascending at around 1000 metres when the avalanche took place, carrying them around 150 metres, although they were not buried at any point. | |
| It not thought that anyone else was caught up in the avalanche. | |
| Details of the casualties' injuries have not yet been revealed and police have yet to say whether the three were male or female. | |
| Conditions in the Cairngorms were described as good winter weather but with a considerable risk of avalanche. |