An in depth seek for a person lacking after a yacht overturned has led to tragedy after crews found his physique at sea.
Emergency companies have been alerted to the capsize close to Girl Elliot Island off the coast of Bundaberg in central Queensland, about 5am on Sunday.
It is believed the keel snapped, inflicting the vessel to overturn.
A person, 62 and his son, 27, managed to scramble onto the hull of the overturned boat to activate an emergency beacon.
The pair have been winched to security by the RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew about 10.15am, nearly two hours after the search was launched.
One other crew member, a person, 65, from Yeppoon remained unaccounted for.
After hours of looking out, water police positioned the physique of the 65-year-old man simply after 2pm.
The physique of a 65-year-old man has been found after a yacht (pictured) capsized off the central Queensland coast
The vessel was travelling between Yeppoon and Brisbane over the weekend when its keel – the flat blade on the backside of the boat snapped.
Footage from the LifeFlight helicopter reveals the overturned boat about 4 nautical miles – 7.4km – from land.
An announcement from LifeFlight revealed they launched the helicopter about 8.30am and positioned the boys clinging to the facet of the vessel two hours later.
The daddy and son winched as much as security within the chopper after spending over 5 hours within the water.
They have been airlifted to Bundaberg Hospital in secure situations.
All three males are believed to be skilled sailors.
A father and son, aged of their 60s and 20s respectively, have been winched to security after being discovered hours later clinging to the overturned boat
The tragic loss of life comes after three folks died when their boat overturned throughout wild storms on Boxing Day final yr.
The three males, Robert Holden, David Logan and Stephen Tait, have been on an annual fishing journey in Brisbane’s Moreton Bay once they encountered the horrific climate.
Whereas eight others onboard have been rescued, the our bodies of Mr Logan, Mr Tait and Mr Holden have been solely capable of be recovered within the harmful storm’s aftermath.
