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Two divers were then winched down to the wreckage, where they discovered an empty raft, officials added.

After the hikers contacted emergency services, Mr Nazari was winched over to the search command post by a helicopter.

The giant steel cylinder was winched up the side of the reactor building in a 12-hour operation.

At times, the professionals attending to me on the mountainside were not sure if things were getting better or worse so they decided to have me winched aboard a Coastguard helicopter and taken to hospital.

The French search and rescue service said the casualty from the MSC Virtuosa was winched from the sea by a helicopter crew and was later pronounced dead by doctors.