Lost walker saved by phone flash

A lost walker has been airlifted to safety after using the flash on his mobile phone camera to alert rescuers. [via BBC]

Searches had been under way after the man became disorientated in fog while out with his dog on Barvas Moor, the Isle of Lewis, on Friday evening.

Stornoway Coastguard's helicopter team contacted the 23-year-old man on his phone, but could not locate him. He then managed to activate his phone's camera flash, which was picked up by the aircraft's infrared system.

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