Teenagers Airlifted To Safety On Dartmoor

Seven teenage boys have been airlifted to safety by a police helicopter after getting lost on Dartmoor.

The 14-year-olds were practising for the annual Ten Tors trek across the national park when they became disorientated in low cloud on Sunday afternoon, Devon and Cornwall Police said.

The boys, from a school in Wiltshire, called police shortly after 4.30pm and were later found by a police helicopter near Great Kneeset.

A police spokesman said: "The boys, who were overdue in meeting up with their teachers, realised that they needed assistance and sensibly stopped walking in the worsening conditions.

"The helicopter crew searched the moor in the area of Hangingstone Hill and located the boys safe and well near Great Kneeset.

"As the conditions were deteriorating fast the helicopter lifted the boys and their kit from the moor, making two flights to and from Okehampton military camp, where they were reunited with their teachers."

The Ten Tors Challenge, which has been running for more than 50 years, is organised by the Army and takes place each May.

It involves teams of 14 to 20-year-olds enduring a two-day hike of up to 55 miles across Dartmoor.

In March 2007 Charlotte Shaw, 14, drowned after falling into a swollen river during severe weather conditions in preparation for the annual event.

She was among 11 pupils from Edgehill College (now Kingsley School), in Bideford, north Devon, due to take part in the challenge.

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