Five divers were rescued in a joint effort between the Armed Forces of Malta and the Department of Civil Protection in a rescue operation in the seas beyond the Żurrieq Valley.
The work was considered very difficult both because of the strong current that was there and also the strong wind that is ruling the Maltese islands.
It was the Red Cross that notified the Armed Forces that there were five divers in distress after being carried away by the current and waves.
The Armed Forces immediately sent a helicopter and the Melita 2 in the area while the Civil Protection sent a detachment of fire-engines with a rhib inflatable.
One of the divers was rescued by the army helicopter that landed him in the Żurrieq Valley with a winch so that he could be taken to the Mater Dei Hospital by an ambulance that arrived on the scene.
The other four divers were picked up on a Civil Protection rhib and brought ashore safe and sound in Marsaxlokk.
