Police Report: Yeppoon Water Police are enroute to retrieve 21 people currently onboard a local vessel at Swains Reef, via Yeppoon.
At 5.30am AUSSAR received 2 EPIRB activations, quickly identifying that the vessel contained 17 passengers and four crew members who had been tipped in the water after their 22-metre vessel overturned. The weather at the time was 30 knots, north easterly with a strong wind warning.
Around 7.20am all 21 people were in a life raft, uninjured. At 8.20am a local vessel has retrieved all 21 people and Yeppoon Water Police vessel Lyle Hoey will pick up the passengers from this vessel around 3pm today, before returning them to Yeppoon around 9pm.
On April 22 2009, MV Centurion ran aground on Swains Reef - story & video here
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