RACQ CQ Rescue helps boat crew sinking off Mackay Whitsunday coast
An RACQ CQ Rescue helicopter crew headed out at first light to help after an EPIRB was activated near a reef between the Mackay and Whitsundays
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A helicopter crew has rescued four people stuck on a sinking boat off the coast between Mackay and the Whitsundays.
An RACQ CQ Rescue spokeswoman said a team was called to the vessel near Parker Reef, 88km northeast of Mackay, after an EPIRB was activated at first light Saturday morning.
She said three men and a woman were winched up into the helicopter and taken to the Mackay Airport.
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“All four on board were absolutely fine, they were just exhausted,” the RACQ CQ Rescue spokeswoman said.
She said the boat was a 6m fibreglass vessel and would likely need salvaging.
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