Search launched for woman who went missing on Table Mountain

Emergency personnel are searching for a woman who went missing on Table Mountain.

The woman is "presumed to have fallen or jumped from the top of Table Mountain", said Western Cape Emergency Medical Services spokesperson Deanna Bessick.

"The woman has been missing since Monday and a missing person's report was filed at SAPS Stellenbosch. She was seen walking up the mountain on Friday and her bag was found during the early hours of Saturday on top of the mountain, in the Fountain Ravine area," said Bessick.

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Emergency Medical Services' Drone Rescue Project team are assisting with the search, said Bessick.

Emergency personnel are searching for a woman who went missing on Table Mountain. (Western Cape Emergency Medical Services/Supplied)

Emergency services said the woman is "presumed to have fallen or jumped from the top of Table Mountain". (Photo: Nardus Engelbrecht/Gallo Images)

The drone was deployed at 08:35 on Tuesday and is currently being flown, she added.

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