Update: Search and rescue operation, Cape Tribulation

The search for a helicopter and pilot missing in waters off Cape Tribulation will continue this morning.

At around 7.45pm last night, police were advised of the helicopter crashing in waters approximately 800 metres off Cape Tribulation.

A male passenger has been taken to hospital for treatment after he managed to swim to shore and alert emergency services.

The 50-year-old male pilot is yet to be located.

Water Police, five commercial vessels and a helicopter searched the area overnight but failed to locate any sign of the helicopter or pilot.

The search was called off overnight due to poor conditions.

Water Police will resume the search this morning with the assistance of a helicopter and patrols of the shoreline by police on foot, four-wheeled-drives and quad bikes with assistance by State Emergency Service volunteers.

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