The following invention relates to occupant recovery from an armoured land vehicle, and to a system for occupant recovery.A method of removing an occupant to be extracted from an armoured land vehicle comprising the steps of deploying a flexible panel stretcher, locating the occupant in the flexible panel stretcher, retaining the occupant within said flexible panel stretcher, manoeuvring the occupant via a labyrinthine path within said armoured land vehicle, to avoid one or more protruding features, removing the occupant from an access point of the armoured land vehicle.
