LifeFlight airlifts injured skydiver to hospital

 

The Sunshine Coast-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew has flown a woman to hospital, after she was injured in a skydiving incident, in the Scenic Rim.

The woman, who is aged in her 30s, reportedly suffered multiple limb injuries due to a hard landing. 

The rescue helicopter was called to assist, just before 2:30pm (Sunday, 30th October).

The RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter pilot landed at the scene of the incident, where the aeromedical crew met with local Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) paramedics to treat the patient. 

She was flown to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition. 

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