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| Midday Mon 6 June 2011 - Cannonvale |
Missing Hikers located:
A search helicopter today spotted five hikers missing since yesterday in dense bushland in the Conway National Park.
The males were spotted by the search crew shortly after midday in the Cannon Valley area.
The group is unable to be winched out due to the dense canopy cover and rugged terrain.
Supplies, including food, water and tents, will be dropped via chopper to the group this afternoon.
An SES rescue team is currently enroute to the group’s location. It is anticipated that they should reach them by late this afternoon or early evening.
The group, believed to be Whitsunday locals, and include a 54-year-old man and four teenage males, aged 16 and 17, are all believed to be uninjured.
They left yesterday morning and failed to return from a bushwalk in the Conway National Park.
1.00pm Monday 6 June 2011 - Update
Unconfirmed report all five missing are from Whitsunday Christian College.
11.30am Monday 6 June 2011 - Update
Fog lifted enough for a helicopter to search the valleys off Cannon Valley & Cannonvale for the five missing hikers.
8.30am Monday 6 June 2011
Police search and rescue are searching for five men who failed to return from a bush walk in the Cannon Valley area yesterday.
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| 12.40pm Mon 6 June 2011 - Cannonvale |
Police search and rescue and SES conducted a search of the area but failed to locate the group last night.
The search for the men resumed at first light this morning.
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