Teens winched to safety after trying to fetch a lost mobile

World’s most expensive iPhone: Teens winched to safety after trying to fetch a lost mobile – costing taxpayers $26,197

  • Two teenage boys had to be rescued from a mountain after dropping an iPhone 
  • Ambulance Victoria were called to the Cathedral Range Park in Victoria’s north 
  • The fixed fee for a helicopter rescue in Victoria is $26,197 

Two teenage boys had to be rescued from the side of a mountain on Thursday after one of them dropped their iPhone.

Ambulance Victoria’s rescue helicopter was sent to Cathedral Range Park, in Victoria’s north east, after receiving reports that two schoolboys had become trapped.

The boys are believed to have gotten stuck after trying to climb down the side of a cliff to retrieve the iPhone, 9 News reported. 

Two teenage boys had to be rescued from the side of a mountain after one of them had dropped their iPhone (pictured)

Ambulance Victoria's rescue helicopter was sent to Cathedral Range Park, Taggerty in Victoria's north east after reports two school aged boys were trapped on Thursday

Ambulance Victoria’s rescue helicopter was sent to Cathedral Range Park, Taggerty in Victoria’s north east after reports two school aged boys were trapped on Thursday

One of the boys had to be taken to The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne with minor injuries to his ankle and shoulder.

The other boy did not have to be admitted into the hospital.

The fixed fee for a helicopter rescue in Victoria is $26,197, according to Ambulance Victoria.

There is a variable charge of $11,005.

A variable charge means general patients will continue to pay the variable component only for rotary transport.

According to Ambulance Victoria , air transport and rescue fees are fixed at $26,197 and has a variable charge of $11,005

According to Ambulance Victoria , air transport and rescue fees are fixed at $26,197 and has a variable charge of $11,005

 

 

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