Rescue chopper joins search for missing elderly woman

January 4, 2024

The Sunshine Coast-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew joined a multi-agency search for a missing woman this morning.

The aeromedical chopper was tasked to a beach in the Noosa region at around 8:30am.

The rescue crew searched along the dunes and over the ocean for an hour, but she was not located.

RACQ LifeFlight Rescue has no further details on this incident.

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