Search, Mount Carbine
Police are co-ordinating a search in the area around Mount Carbine this morning for a man who is believed to have been a passenger on a helicopter that crashed in the area yesterday afternoon.
Around 1.30pm police were advised that a helicopter had crashed in the Daintree in the vicinity of the McLeod River crossing.
A subsequent search of the area located the helicopter approximately 30kms from Mount Carbine. The 43-year-old pilot was located at the site of the crash in a serious condition and he was transported to Cairns Base Hospital.
Police enquiries established that a second man was believed to have been with the pilot during the day however it is unknown if the man was on-board when the helicopter crash.
A search of the area around the helicopter commenced to locate the man but was unsuccessful.
Police, SES workers and other government agencies have recommenced a land search this morning for the man in his twenties.
The pilot remains in a serious condition in hospital.
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