The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance has been scrambled to Ryde Esplanade in response to a medical emergency near the bus station.
Paramedics from the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service are tending to a patient at a property on the seafront and have now been joined by the flying doctors.
The air ambulance has touched down on the beach near to Ryde Marina.
The incident, which is thought to centre around the local pharmacy, began shortly before 16:45.
UPDATE @ 17:53 – The air ambulance has now taken off from the beach at Ryde and is returning to base. It has not conveyed the patient.
The incident is being brought to a close, although Police are now in attendance at Lloyd’s Pharmacy.
I hope they are okay and a big thank you to our emergency services and to all of those involved in caring.
Hope they change the air filter, or like in the Gulf war, sand ruins engines, and safety is a must here.
Very strange choice of landing site. Simeon street rec is closer to the incident, has better access for vehicles and no loose sand.
What are you some sort of critical flying expert lol !
Would have thought they would have landed on the hovercraft apron,it’s not. difficult to move a hovercraft out of the way.Hope the person is ok
Why is it that when there’s an RTC everybody becomes couch police officers/investigators and now they become pilots.
Thanks to all our emergency services who perform a fantastic job sometimes under very difficult circumstances and i hope the patient makes a full recovery
White top, it is because people with common sense can’t help commenting and have a right to where they see things could perhaps be done differently.
We all know how wonderful the emergency services are, so pointless just commenting on that time after time.
Same when someone dies in an accident, what point is lists of RIP comments? People as they would if chatting with family or friends naturally wish to ask how, why, where, etc and have theories, not to be disrespectful but it is normal to express opinions and discuss things.
A human wearing a uniform, is still just a person, so we all have a right to comment on things.
Semantics I know, but that’s the Thames Valley Air ambulance.
Ooops, my mistake, not liveried for TVAA.
Here we go all the experts are putting their ore in.What would we do without you?