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).
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Coral Sea off Fraser Island: Chopper locates upturned vessel with survivors clinging to the hull
21-May-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has located an upturned vessel with three people clinging to the hull. At around 4:20 on Sunday afternoon (20th May) the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter was taske.., Read More
Cooyar: AGL Action Rescue Helicopter attend a motocross incident
13-May-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted a 26 year old Wurtulla man who crashed his motocross bike this morning. The man was riding the Mount Carmel motocross track when he lost control.., Read More
Burnett Highway: motorcycle crash
12-May-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted a 62 year old man who crashed his motorbike on the Burnett Highway this afternoon (Saturday). The Ballogie man was riding to Biloela when he los.., Read More
Noosaville: pedestrian is rescued by AGL Action Rescue Helicopter
12-May-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted a 51 year old man after he was struck by a car. The pedestrian was hit on Weyba Road, Noosaville around four o'clock Saturday afternoon. He.., Read More
North of Woodford: dirt bike riding accident
12-May-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted a dirt bike rider after he and a car collided. The 21 year old Brisbane man was riding along a dirt track in State Forest north of Woodford. .., Read More
Fraser Island: women bitten by snake
10-May-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter airlifted a woman from Fraser Island's Kingfisher Bay Resort after she was bitten by a snake last night (Wednesday). The English tourist was walking to the res.., Read More
Agnes Water: injured rugby league player is airlifted
29-Apr-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted a rugby league player who injured his neck during a tackle, in a football game at Agnes Water this afternoon. The 20 year old from Bundaberg suff.., Read More
Goomeri: both AGL helicopters are called to the rescue on the Burnett Highway VIDEO
24-Apr-2012
For the second time today (Tuesday), both AGL Action Rescue helicopters have been called to the same accident to airlift the injured. The accident occurred around 2pm on the Burnett Highway, s.., Read More
D'Aguilar Highway: Bundy and Maroochy helicopters airlift patients involved in car crash
24-Apr-2012
Both AGL Action Rescue helicopters have airlifted patients involved in a crash on the D'Aguilar Highway. The two car collision occurred around 8am on the stretch of road between Kingaroy and N.., Read More
Mt Tibrogagan: bush walker winched to safety VIDEO
23-Apr-2012
A Brisbane man who fell down the eastern face of Mt Tibrogagan has been winched to safety by the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter. The 31 year old from Bracken Ridge was bush walking with a friend.., Read More
Fraser Island: senior injures hip in fall at remote campsite
10-Apr-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted a 67 year old Brisbane woman from a remote point near the northern tip of Fraser Island. The woman was camping with family at Ngala Rocks when sh.., Read More
Cooyar: biker suffers serious leg injury in crash
10-Apr-2012
A Toowoomba man who crashed his motorbike has been airlifted to hospital by the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter. The 40 year old was riding on the Yarraman-Cooyar Road when he lost control,.., Read More
Tiaro: Bundy and Maroochydore helicopters airlift victims from car crash VIDEO
09-Apr-2012
A four car crash on the Bruce Highway on Easter Monday required the services of both our Maroochydore and Bundaberg crews to airlift the injured. The accident occurred about five kilome.., Read More
Waddy Point, Fraser Island: tobogganer injured in sand dune crash
09-Apr-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted a 39 year old man who crashed a make-shift toboggan at the bottom of a sand dune. The man from Burpengary was tobogganing down the sand dun.., Read More
Sunny Nook : cattle musterer injured in quad bike accident
08-Apr-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted a 47 year old man who crashed his quad bike into a fence post while mustering cattle at Sunny Nook near Murgon. The helicopter's flight doc.., Read More
Eurong, Fraser Island: two tourists pulled from the surf
07-Apr-2012
Crew from the AGL Action Rescue Maroochydore base flew to the aid of two Gold Coast women who capsized an inflatable boat off Eurong at Fraser Island this afternoon (Saturday). One .., Read More
Agnes Water: Senior swimmer airlifted from resort town VIDEO
07-Apr-2012
As thousands of Easter holiday makers flock to the beaches, the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted a Victorian tourist from Agnes Water after he got into difficulty while swimming. .., Read More
Coral Sea: sick British captain winched from oil tanker
27-Mar-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has winched to safety the Captain of an oil tanker which was 50 nautical miles NE of Maroochydore. The 48 year old from Britain began suffering chest p.., Read More
Verrierdale: builder sustains serious head injuries in fall
26-Mar-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted a 53 year old man after he fell at a building site and hit his head on a metal bolt. The helicopter's flight doctor and flight paramedic treated .., Read More
Bundaberg: missing light aircraft located in cane field
20-Mar-2012
At six am this morning (Tuesday) the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter located a light aircraft which had been reported missing the previous afternoon. It was spotted by the crew in a canefield outside.., Read More
Mt Perry: AGL crewman spots abandoned motorbike
14-Mar-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has located the motorcycle of a man missing since Sunday morning. The motorbike was discovered off the Gin Gin - Mt Perry Road west of Bundaberg. .., Read More
Isis Highway: Chopper called in for truck rollover VIDEO
13-Mar-2012
Traffic built up on the Isis Highway west of Bundaberg on Monday morning after a truck rolled over blocking the road. The AGL Action Rescue helicopter was called to assist at the scene after t.., Read More
Toogoolawah: man injured in fall from horse
10-Mar-2012
The AGL Action Rescue helicopter has flown to the aid of a 36 year old man who was injured during an equestrian event this morning at Toogoolawah, west of Caboolture. The man, who lives in the.., Read More
Woodgate: woman trapped in car following crash
09-Mar-2012
The AGL Action Rescue helicopter was tasked to the scene of a road accident yesterday afternoon (Friday) where two people were trapped in a car. A female passenger and the driver were bot.., Read More
Coral Sea: seriously ill seaman winched from bulk carrier VIDEO
09-Mar-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter crew winched a man from the bulk carrier Lake Dany 50 nautical miles north east of Lady Elliott Island around 2 o'clock this afternoon (Friday) The helicopter .., Read More
Kingaroy: Man injured in fall from horse VIDEO
08-Mar-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted a 56 year old man after his horse fell and rolled on him early this morning (Thursday). The Northern Territory man was working at a propert.., Read More
Widgee: AGL Action Rescue Helicopter airlifts car crash victim VIDEO
08-Mar-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has been kept busy as high water levels from the flooding continue to affect parts of Gympie. This morning a woman was airlifted after suffering serious.., Read More
Floods Day 2: AGL Rescue crews continue evacuations from flood-stricken Gympie VIDEO
06-Mar-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has spent the day ferrying seriously ill patients from flood stricken Gympie to the Nambour Base Hospital ensuring their safety should flood waters continue to ris.., Read More
Floods: AGL Action Rescue fleet flies numerous rescue and retrieval missions into flood-stricken areas VIDEO
05-Mar-2012
Monday 5th March Goomboorian, an AGL Action Rescue crew prepare to winch an elderly man stranded on the roof of his home The AGL Action Rescue Helicopters from both the Maroochydore and Bundabe.., Read More
Landsborough: four motorcyclists injured in Bruce Highway crash VIDEO
04-Mar-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter airlifted a woman to the Royal Brisbane Hospital following a crash which brought both sides of the Bruce Highway to a standstill for more than an hour. The 46 .., Read More
Fraser Island: camper airlifted after suspected snake bite
03-Mar-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter airlifted a 47 year old man from Orchid Beach, Fraser Island yesterday (Friday) after a suspected snake bite. The Tingalpa man had just finished pitching his t.., Read More
Cooyar: female biker injured
03-Mar-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted a 57 year old woman to Nambour General Hospital. The woman suffered multiple injuries in a motorbike accident near Cooyar, south of Kingaroy around .., Read More
Abercorn: woman injured in vehicle rollover
02-Mar-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted a 43 year old woman suffering multiple injuries after the car she was driving veered off the road and rolled early this morning (Friday). The Gla.., Read More
Cedarton: man injured in fall from ladder VIDEO
29-Feb-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted a 49 year old man to the Royal Brisbane Hospital suffering multiple fractures. The man from Cedarton near Beerwah in the Glasshouse Mountains was.., Read More
Glasshouse Mountains: teenagers in fatal car accident VIDEO
28-Feb-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted a 15 year old to hospital after he was involved in a single vehicle accident early this morning in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. The boy wa.., Read More
Biggenden: worker injured in cattle yard accident
28-Feb-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has flown to the aid of a man suffering severe head injuries after a 120kg pole fell on him at a cattle yard. The 57 year old from Biggenden was carrying the s.., Read More
Noosa North Shore: man burnt in camp fire accident
19-Feb-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter has airlifted a man in his twenties who suffered serious burns after petrol was poured on to a camp fire. The Brisbane man was with mates at Noosa North Shore .., Read More
Fraser Island: man bitten by snake at Orchid Beach
18-Feb-2012
Summer's end might only be a couple of weeks away but the hot weather is keeping snakes active throughout the South East and this morning the AGL Action Rescue Helicopter airlifted a 48 year old s.., Read More
Fraser Island: air search for missing man VIDEO
12-Feb-2012
The AGL Action Rescue helicopter this morning (Sunday) resumed its search for a man who fell from a small fishing boat close to Fraser Island on Friday night. His mate, who also fell, cam.., Read More
Double Island Point: 4WD rollover
12-Feb-2012
The AGL Action Rescue Helicopter attended the scene of a 4WD rollover at Double Island Point yesterday lunchtime. Queensland Ambulance Service were also on the scene. None of the six pe.., Read More
Gympie: motoryclist airlifted to Brisbane
12-Feb-2012
The AGL Action Rescue helicopter has airlifted a 36 year old man to the Royal Brisbane Hospital after a motorcycle crash at Curra north of Gympie. The man suffered head and neck injuries .., Read More
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
