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The regional airline Loganair is often considered a lifeline by some of its passengers, especially those in somewhat isolated locations like Barra and other locations in the Scottish highlands and islands. However, as the airline's CEO, Jonathan Hinkles explains, last Friday one Loganair were literally just that,
"Taking off from Barra, our Twin Otter crew of flight LM452 to Glasgow were alerted to reports of a sea kayaker in distress. The kayaker had been blown far out to sea and was disorientated, but reported seeing the Twin Otter landing at Barra a short time earlier.
Our pilots thus "re-traced their steps" after take-off, flying the reciprocal bearings of the procedure they'd followed to land at Barra - and sure enough, soon spotted the kayaker waving vigorously. The location coordinates were passed on via the Barra Flight Information Service and our Twin Otter took up station flying orbits overhead to guide the Barra lifeboat and Coastguard to effect the kayaker's rescue, before then setting course as normal for Glasgow.
"Lifeline" can be a much-used term, but in this case, I think it's warranted. A big thank-you to our pilots and to all those involved for a great display of teamwork."
Well done to all the team at Loganair...
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