VIDEO: Navy Sea King gets a little help from RAF Chinook

The MoD has released remarkable video footage showing a Sea King rescue helicopter being the subject of its own rescue as it is winched into the air by a Chinook.

The Royal Navy Sea King, from HMS Gannet in Prestwick, had been grounded at Kings House Hotel for almost a week after a fault was found during a training exercise in Glen Coe on October 13.

With roads in the area too narrow for a low-loader to reach, defence chiefs decided to call in help from a massive Chinook based at RAF Odiham in Hampshire.

It was used to winch the smaller helicopter to the loader, which then took the Sea King back to Prestwick, where it is being repaired.

Various RAF mountain rescue service personnel helped to guard the Sea King until it was removed in Friday’s exercise.