RAK Police Air Wing rescues stranded hiker from Wadi Shah
The Emirati citizen was found stranded at 2,000 feet in the mountainous terrain and airlifted to safety.
- Volume / scale: 2,000
What happened
Ras Al Khaimah Police's Air Wing rescued an Emirati citizen who became stranded in the mountainous Wadi Shah area at an altitude of 2,000 feet during summer heat on 15 July 2026.
A police helicopter was dispatched immediately after the operations room received the emergency report. The Air Wing team evacuated the individual from the rugged terrain and transported him to a government hospital for medical assessment.
Lieutenant Colonel Pilot Abdullah Ali Al Shehi, Head of the Air Wing Department, said the department “maintains a high level of readiness to respond to emergency reports” across a range of conditions. He also cautioned residents and visitors to take precautions before venturing into remote mountain areas in summer, citing the risk of heat-related illness and injury in RAK's rugged interior.
The rescue is a reminder of the other side of RAK's mountain-and-wadi tourism pitch: Jebel Jais and the wadis that draw hikers and adventure tourists are genuinely remote terrain, and the emirate's emergency-response capability is part of what makes that positioning viable.
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