New search and rescue technology involving drones led to the discovery of a body in the Glen Etive areaA Lake District rescue association worked with Glencoe Mountain Rescue Team in the search that led to the discoveryA body believed to be that of a hillwalker reported missing more than six weeks ago was found with the help of new technology.
A huge effort was made to find the father-of-three from Tillicoultry, with members of 10 different mountain rescue teams and also dogs and helicopters searching a massive area and difficult terrain. LDSAMRA said each image is overlapped, so objects that cannot be seen from one angle, can be spotted from another.
The technology detected something in the landscape that was then investigated by rescue team volunteers on the ground.