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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Damon Wilkinson

Six people airlifted to safety after failed hikes to 'Instagram plane crash site'

Six walkers were airlifted to safety after getting lost hiking to an eerie plane crash site on the moors above Glossop.

It comes just days after mountain rescuers warned inexperienced 'Instagram hikers' of the dangers posed by the hike to Bleaklow Moor.

Higher Shelf Stones, where a B29 Superfortress crashed in 1948 killing all 13 people onboard, has become an unlikely hit on social media sites such as Instagram and TikTok during lockdown.

That's meant visitors from across the north have been flocking to the site.

But speaking earlier this month Glossop Mountain Rescue Team leader Patch Hale warned visitors Bleaklow Moor is difficult challenge for even the most experienced hikers.

He said: "Visitors should be aware that social media only tells them half the story."

Debris from the crash is still strewn across Bleaklow Moor (Glossop Mountain Rescue Team)

On Thursday evening GMRT were called out to reports a couple had got into difficulties on Gathering Hill above Crooked Clough, following a visit to the crash site.

The man had a suspected lower leg fracture and was treated by team members at the scene.

He was evacuated to hospital by the coastguard helicopter.

Around the same time rescuers received reports four people were lost in the same area following an attempted visit to the crash site.

Two men and  two women were found by mountain rescue volunteers above Crooked Clough and were also airlfited to safety in the same helicopter.

The man with the leg injury was flown to Stepping Hill Hospital for treatment.

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