Chopper rescues man clinging to boat
THE AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has rescued a man clinging to the upturned hull of his run-about in cold, choppy conditions off Fraser Island.
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THE AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has rescued a man clinging to the upturned hull of his run-about in cold, choppy conditions off Fraser Island.
The Maroochydore based helicopter was tasked around 8am on Monday when a distress beacon was activated somewhere in the Coral Sea.
The helicopter tracked the beacons homing device, locating the upturned vessel about 5 kilometres east of Happy Valley, Fraser Island.
The 4.4 metre half-cabin run-about capsized in 1.5 metre seas and 20-25 knot winds.
The AGL Action Helicopter crew marked the vessel's location using a smoke flair before winching a rescue basket down to the stricken sea-man.
The 41 year old Goomboorian man was safely winched back up to the helicopter.
He was airlifted to Hervey Bay Airport where he was met by a road ambulance.
The boatie had not been injured but was taken to Hervey Bay Hospital as a precaution.
Only last week the Maroochydore based Action Rescue Helicopter crew were put through an intensive water winch training day in practice for this type of emergency (See video).
Originally published as Chopper rescues man clinging to boat
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