Missions Latest
Here you'll find details of some of the rescue missions flown by our crews from our bases at Bundaberg and Maroochydore. We aim to post details within 24 hours (or on the next working day).
Moodlu: boy rescued after falling into disused quarry VIDEO
09-Feb-2012
The AGL Action Rescue helicopter has flown to the aid of a 16 year old boy after a small land slip caused him to fall into a disused quarry filled with water. The Deception Bay teenager was wa.., Read More
Goomboorian near Gympie: motorcyclist collides with kangaroo VIDEO
09-Feb-2012
The AGL Action Rescue helicopter has airlifted a 52 year old Gympie man after a kangaroo knocked him off his motorbike early this morning. The man was riding home from a night shift around 1.3.., Read More
Kilcoy: motorcyclist injured in collision with car VIDEO
04-Feb-2012
A 51 year old man who came off his motorbike, rolled more than 15 metres down a steep embankment and hit a tree has been airlifted by the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter. The man was riding with .., Read More
Beerburrum: young woman injured in accident on Steve Irwin Way
31-Jan-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted a 28 year old woman who was thrown from her vehicle when it and another car collided on the Steve Irwin Way at Beerburrum. The helicopter's fligh.., Read More
Kinkuna National Park: family rescued in floods
27-Jan-2012
As last light faded the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter undertook a dramatic rescue, winching two adults, a child and a baby from flood waters in the Kinkuna National Park. The family of four and.., Read More
Mt Coolum: man injured in scooter accident
24-Jan-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted a 25 year old man to the Royal Brisbane Hospital in a critical condition. The man suffered severe head injuries and a badly fractured leg when th.., Read More
Gympie: man hurt in cyclng accident
23-Jan-2012
A 60 year old man was airlifted by the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter after colliding with a truck early this morning (Tuesday). The man suffered multiple trauma injuries, including serious.., Read More
Conondale: Man injured in accident at gravel plant
23-Jan-2012
A young Mooloolaba man was airlifted by the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter after an industrial accident at a Conondale sand and gravel plant. The 20 year old was working at the plant when his a.., Read More
Turkey Beach: teenager injured by horse
22-Jan-2012
A young woman airlifted by the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter yesterday after a horse dragged her along a bitumen road remained in a stable condition in hospital (Sunday) The 17 year old wa.., Read More
Boondooma Dam: woman burnt in boat engine fire
21-Jan-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter flew to the aid of a 48 year old water skier after the boat she was driving caught on fire. The Kingaroy woman and her family had bought the second h.., Read More
Moreton Island: trawler suffers engine failure
17-Jan-2012
In atrocious weather the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter flew to the aid of a prawning trawler after the vessel's distress beacon was activated around 10 o'clock this morning (Tuesday). It took t.., Read More
Mt Perry Gold Mine: man injured in truck tyre explosion
15-Jan-2012
A gold miner has been airlifted to hospital by the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter after a truck tyre exploded. The 26 year old was working the night shift at the Mt Perry Gold Mine when the acci.., Read More
Noosa North Shore: Woman trampled by horse
14-Jan-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has come to the aid of a woman who suffered serious injuries after the horse she was riding fell on her. The 40 year old was walking her race horse when it rea.., Read More
Dalby: toddler saved from drowning
12-Jan-2012
The Sunshine Coast's AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted a three year old boy who nearly drowned at the Dalby Pool. The child was found under water at the shallow end of the pool.., Read More
Abbeywood, S Burnett: P-plater seriously injured in car rollover
11-Jan-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted a 17 year old boy to the Royal Brisbane Hospital suffering serious head injuries. The P-plater rolled his car on a dirt road off the Gayndah-Hive.., Read More
South Burnett: 13 year old injured in fall from trail bike
07-Jan-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter flew a 13 year old boy to the Nambour General Hospital this morning after he fell off his motor cross trail bike and hit his head. The Brisbane youngster had b.., Read More
Coolum: woman seriously injured on grandchild's scooter
06-Jan-2012
A grandmother who fell from a child's laser scooter has been airlifted by the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter suffering a serious head injury. The 65 year old woman was enjoying some holiday fun.., Read More
Conondale: man seriously injured in car accident
06-Jan-2012
A Conondale man remains in a critical condition at the Royal Brisbane Hospital this afternoon, after surviving a car accident yesterday. The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter was called to the s.., Read More
Double Island Point: tourist rescued at sea
06-Jan-2012
Surf Lifesavers and the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter went to the aid of an Irish tourist swept out to sea this morning (Friday). The 25 year old man was caught in a rip off the beach at .., Read More
Monto: motor vehicle accident
30-Dec-2011
A 19 year old woman and her 3 year old son escaped serious injury this morning in a single vehicle rollover. They were travelling along the Burnett Highway just south of Monto when the accident ha.., Read More
D'Aguilar: 8 year old boy injured in car accident
23-Dec-2011
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted an 8 year old boy in a critical condition to the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane. The boy sustained head injuries when the car he was trave.., Read More
Coonarr Beach: quad bike accident
22-Dec-2011
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted a 21 year old man after he suffered suspected spinal injuries in a quad biking accident. The Gladstone man was quad biking at Coonarr Bea.., Read More
Fraser Island: Snake Bite
22-Dec-2011
A 25 year old man who was bitten by a spider at Kingfisher Island Resort has been treated by an AGL Action Rescue flight paramedic before being airlifted to Hervey Bay Airport. A wait.., Read More
Gympie: Head injury patient transferred
22-Dec-2011
At 19:12pm yesterday, the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter flew to Gympie Hospital to retrieve a 46 year old Mooloo man who suffered a serious head injury when a branch fell on him while chopping down.., Read More
Town of 1770: Lucky escape after van rolls
22-Dec-2011
A 19 year old man has had a lucky escape on Sunday after the van he was driving rolled several times landing in a culvert. The man from Agnes Water was able to climb from the vehicle himself and w.., Read More
Alexandria Bay: beach accident
13-Dec-2011
A TRAINING exercise being held for the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter crew off Mudjimba proved timely when the chopper was needed for a rescue at Alexandria Bay. A 21-year-old man was airlifted to .., Read More
Cooran: construction site accident
07-Dec-2011
A 51 year old worker has been injured in an accident at a construction site north west of Cooran. The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter airlifted the man to the Royal Brisbane Hospital suffering.., Read More
Conondale: Toddler hit by tailgate on horse float
06-Dec-2011
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has returned to base after treating and transporting a 3 year old who suffered head injuries when she was struck on the right hand side of her head when the tailg.., Read More
Fraser Island: Snake Bite
29-Nov-2011
"We were just getting ready to fly the gentleman injured in the sand boarding accident at Waddy Point , when a second emergency call came through," said Flight Paramedic Mick Webster. "Just down a.., Read More
Fraser Island: sand boarding accident
29-Nov-2011
A 38 year old male has been airlifted off Fraser Island by the AGL Action Rescue helicopter after suffering head and facial injuries in a sand boarding accident. The helicopter landed in darknes.., Read More
Borumba Dam: Water skiing accident
28-Nov-2011
The AGL Action Rescue helicopter evacuated a 29 year old woman from Borumba Dam near Gympie on Saturday lunchtime after a water skiing accident. The Canadian woman who lives in Shelly Beach suff.., Read More
Culcraigie Homestead: Horse Fall
28-Nov-2011
A 55 year old woman from Eidsvold was airlifted on Saturday morning to Bundaberg Hospital after falling from her horse. AGL Action Rescue Paramedic Tony Armstrong said the woman had injured her.., Read More
Monduran: Heat Stroke Victim
28-Nov-2011
At 11.15 Saturday morning, the AGL Action Rescue helicopter landed at the Monduran airstrip to airlift a man who had suffered heat stroke whilst fighting a grass fire. The 52 year old man from B.., Read More
Lowmead: Car and Caravan rollover
28-Nov-2011
A 75 year old man has been airlifted to hospital after his car and caravan rolled over at the crest of a hill in Gladstone Regional Shire. The AGL Action Rescue helicopter crew from the Bundaberg.., Read More
Gin Gin: Truck Rollover
23-Nov-2011
A passenger who was thrown out of a lorry as it tipped over has been airlifted to Bundaberg Hospital by the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter crew. The driver was also injured in the accident, which .., Read More
Point Cartwright: burns victim
21-Nov-2011
A man has been airlifted by the AGL Action Rescue helicopter from a drillship off Point Cartwright on the Sunshine Coast. He suffered burns in what's believed to have been a cooking accident. .., Read More
Mt Tibrogargan: mountainside rescue
19-Nov-2011
A woman has been winched to safety by the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter after falling during a climb in the Glasshouse Mountains. The 27-year-old from Scarborough had been climbing with her partn.., Read More
Fraser Island: fishing boat drama
17-Nov-2011
The AGL Action Rescue helicopter was called out to assist in a potential maritime rescue in the waters off Fraser Island this morning (Thursday). Cooloola Rescue Coastguard headed out after rec.., Read More
Moreton Island: Action Rescue Helicopter joins search
14-Nov-2011
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter was called from the Maroochydore base at 2.15 today (Monday) to look for three men missing following a boat trip off Moreton Island. The crew joined SES and park.., Read More
Tangalooma: Man injured by propeller in fall from boat
14-Nov-2011
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter crew airlifted a man to hospital after he fell off a boat and was hit by the propeller. The 25 year old had been on a day out with friends in Moreton Bay when the.., Read More
