The Sunshine Coast-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew winched a hiker to safety yesterday after he fell while bushwalking.
The LifeFlight rescue helicopter was tasked to the Sunshine Coast hinterland at 2.30pm after a man slipped and fell into a rocky crevice.
Another hiker in the group set off an emergency beacon locator and the rescue helicopter was able to locate the injured hiker, aged in his 50s.
The LifeFlight crew winched a QAS flight paramedic and LifeFlight rescue crewman down to the patient who was treated for upper leg injuries.
Once stabilised he was placed into a rescue harness and winched into the aircraft before being flown to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.
