British tourist is rescued by firefighters’ cherry picker from top of major cathedral in Spain

A BRITISH tourist had an unforgettable visit to Mallorca’s Palma Cathedral when she broke her ankle and had to be rescued by a fire crew’s cherry picker.

The 47-year-old woman suffered the injury at the cathedral’s top terrace and was unable to walk.

Paramedics could not get her down either on a stretcher because of the building’s narrow staircase.

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Palma’s fire brigade were then called in shortly before 1pm on Thursday to stage a spectacular rescue.

A ladder with a cherry picker was deployed with a large crowd gathering to witness the operation.

Medics accessed the terrace and placed the woman on a stretcher, which was then placed into the cherry picker.

The descent to the ground was then carefully carried out over a number of minutes with instructions coming from a command car to make any corrections in direction.

The crowd gave out a large round of applause as the stretcher arrived at ground level and the tourist shook hands with fire team members.

The Brit was then taken by ambulance to a private clinic for an operation on her fractured ankle.