A 28-year-old Belgian woman kept her cool when she fell a height of some three storeys down a cliff in Xlendi this afternoon.

The woman used her mobile phone to call 112 and raise the alarm.

A search for her was carried out by the AFM using a helicopter, the police and the Civil Protection Department.

Once located, rescuers from the Civil Protection Department abseiled down to rescue her.

She was not seriously injured.

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