The Sunshine Coast-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew winched a man to safety yesterday after he fell 20 metres into the ocean.
The rescue chopper was called to the Noosa region at 11:55am after a man in his 40s had fallen from a cliff.
A multi-agency response included the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS), Queensland Fire Department (QFD), Queensland Police Service (QPS) and Surf Life Saving Queensland (SLSQ).
The LifeFlight crew was able to safely winch the Lifeflight critical care doctor, QAS flight paramedic and LifeFlight rescue crewman down to the patient.
Both the aeromedical crew and QAS local paramedics worked to treat the patient for shoulder, neck and possible spinal injuries.
Once stablised he was stretcher-winched into the aircraft before being flown to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.