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Run aground trawler calls for RACQ CQ Rescue help
RACQ CQ Rescue have had a busy morning after receiving an emergency call at 2:10am today to assist a fishing trawler which had run aground on Big Stevens Reef, approximately 120 kilometres north east of Mackay. The rescue helicopter crew had to wait until first light to be able to attend the call d...
Hayman Island worker airlifted by RACQ CQ Rescue
A 45 year old Hayman Island employee has been airlifted by the RACQ CQ Rescue helicopter today after sustaining serious injuries as a result of a golf buggy accident. A cleaner on the island, the man suffered multiple cuts and bruises and a suspected fractured arm. The rescue helicopter departed M...
RACQ CQ Rescue helicopter flies across Queensland to save lives
In the 36 hours to 3am this morning, RACQ CQ Rescue flew three rescue missions, collecting four seriously ill and injured patients from across Central Queensland. At 3pm on Saturday afternoon, 28 April, the RACQ CQ Rescue crew departed for Clermont to airlift a 55 year old local man who was sufferi...
