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Alahna Kindred

Nail-biting moment firefighters save woman from 200ft zip line drop

This is the nail-biting moment firefighters rescue a hiker stuck on a zip line over a 200-foot sheer drop onto rocks.

A climber found themselves stuck at the Castillo del Águila, in Gaucín, in southern Spain when she could not go forwards or backwards on December 27.

Daredevils take part in the high-altitude challenges across the complex of rope bridges.

A clip shared online shows how the hiker had been left with her legs dangling over the deadly drop.

In another scene, a fireman daringly meets her on a zipline as she was pulled inch by inch towards the safety of a rocky crag.

A firefighter rescues a woman stuck on a zip line of the Castillo del Aguila in Gaucin, Spain (Newsflash)
The woman was unhurt (Newsflash)

Other firemen helped with the gruelling rescue operation from the clifftop.

When she made it to the ground the woman was found to be unhurt.

It is not clear how she had become stuck on the zip line or if there were any problems with the line or her equipment.

Earlier this year, we reported how video footage showed a man's final moments before riding a zip line and falling to his death.

The zip line at Castillo Del Aguila is popular with daredevils (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Sergio Murilo de Lima Santana, 39, died when the zipline snapped and sent him crashing through the air.

Moments earlier, he had filmed another tourist happily riding the same line at Canoa Quebrada Beach in Aracati, Brazil.

The tragedy unravelled during a windy afternoon at the coast on Monday.

Chilling images showed the long zipline spanning across the beach, with one woman seen going down it over some water during the windy afternoon.

Sergio, from Belem, Para state, was on holiday when the accident took place.

Emergency workers scrambled to the scene and rushed Sergio to the hospital.

But despite efforts to save him, he was pronounced dead on arrival.

He had been on holiday in the area with his partner, who has not been named, for six days before the incident.

An outpouring of grief has filled social media with messages from friends and family mourning his death.

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