Bushwalk Australia

The Westpac Rescue Helicopter this morning rescued two women who had activated their EPIRB on the Port Davey Track in southern Tasmania.
Both bushwalkers were quickly located and taken onboard. The EPIRB was activated because one woman was unable to continue the hike due to a medical condition.
The bushwalkers were flown back to Hobart.
While on their hike the women found a black kayaking style Personal Flotation Device, south of the Arthur Ranges.
If it's yours please contact Bellerive Police on 131444.

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north-north-west wrote:People do tend not to take the Amos track seriously because it's relatively short. But that thing has a couple of sections that are treacherously slippery when wet and which can even ice up.

Thylaseen wrote:... 'part of his body went one way, and another stayed in the same place'.

Nuts wrote:Interesting story sets from Tas heli rescue:

https://www.westpacrescuetas.com.au/res ... davs-story

The Vigilante News wrote:Five new crew members are training to become part of the rescue team of police officers, paramedics and doctors managing the increasing demand of the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service.

Two women from Tasmania Police and two women and one man from Ambulance Tasmania have successfully completed a number of training courses in Hobart and Sydney throughout the past two months, including wilderness survival, underwater escape training, crew resources management and wire awareness.

Now in the final stage of their training they will complete a four-week ground and flying course at Rotorlift Aviation.

Congratulations crew members for being a part of this amazing and important team.

Top work by the highly skilled crew of Westpac Rescue Helicopter Tasmania, including Tas Police officers, who picked up a 60-year-old woman with a medical condition from Wineglass Bay today.

devoswitch wrote:Just spoke with a couple of walkers from a party that had to set off their PLB on a trip from Cockle creek to Melaleuca. Apparently one of the party developed and infection on their arm from a small cut that turned really bad, really fast. Undergone a couple of surgeries over the last couple of days. They took the PLB with them in the helicopter and the next day or so walking back to Cockle another of the party sustained a deep laceration approx 1cm deep and had to walk out for a couple of days with deep cut. Also another in the party who walked out developed the same infection and I believe has undergone surgery too! Glad they’re all going okay now I believe. Sounded very eventful!

ILUVSWTAS wrote:

devoswitch wrote:Just spoke with a couple of walkers from a party that had to set off their PLB on a trip from Cockle creek to Melaleuca. Apparently one of the party developed and infection on their arm from a small cut that turned really bad, really fast. Undergone a couple of surgeries over the last couple of days. They took the PLB with them in the helicopter and the next day or so walking back to Cockle another of the party sustained a deep laceration approx 1cm deep and had to walk out for a couple of days with deep cut. Also another in the party who walked out developed the same infection and I believe has undergone surgery too! Glad they’re all going okay now I believe. Sounded very eventful!

Yikes. If I ever got asked to join a walk with that group I think I would politely decline.....

A SEARCH is under way for a plane missing in the Southwest National Park.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority responded to a beacon activation about 8.30am on Saturday.

The authority’s challenger jet and two Tasmania Police helicopters are searching an area of about 171 sq km for the light aircraft.

There has been no contact with the plane, understood to have one person on board, since the beacon was activated.

An Australian Maritime Safety Authority spokeswoman said the search team was battling rugged terrain and poor weather.

“The helicopters are actually waiting out a bit of bad weather before continuing,” she said.

“They’re doing everything they can at this stage to locate the aircraft.”

A Civil Aviation Safety Authority spokesman said the beacon had been activated around Federation Peak.

“We are monitoring the situation and hoping for the best,” he said.

tastrax wrote:Try a replay from about here https://www.flightradar24.com/2018-12-0 ... ,146.14/10 for the AMSA jet (CL-60) flight pattern - closes in around the east/west portal area

north-north-west wrote:TasPol FB page says the wreckage has been found near West Portal, no chance of survival. Still too dodgy to winch the team in and check the wreckage properly, however.

Police can confirm that wreckage of a light plane missing near Federation Peak in Tasmania’s remote south west has been located but sadly there is no chance of survival.

The plane was located by the Westpac Rescue helicopter at West Portal, near the Western Arthur Ranges about 7.10pm last night.

Tragically, it was determined by the highly experienced search and rescue police on board that the pilot could not have survived the crash.

The conditions were too dangerous for the Search and Rescue members to be winched down to the scene at that time.

“Our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time. We remain in contact and we will continue to provide them with the information we currently know to assist them in coming to terms with this terrible accident. We intend to helicopter an investigation team to the site today,” Inspector David Wiss said.

“The terrain is steep and dangerous and we will be only using investigators and forensic officers with Search and Rescue training. With the search phase concluded AMSA has now handed full control to Tasmania Police".

The matter is now before the Coroner and Tasmania Police will work closely with the national transport safety investigator the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.

Search and rescue trained forensic investigators have retrieved the pilot’s body following yesterday’s tragic light plane crash near Federation Peak in Tasmania’s remote south-west.

The investigators were flown in by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter today and winched down to the scene.

"It was important to achieve this for the sake of the family and to ensure a greater understanding of the events that contributed to this tragic event,” Inspector Dave Wiss said.

As part of the forensic examination, the Emergency Location Transmitter, which is effectively the plane's EPIRB, has been removed from the wreckage and has been returned to Hobart for examination.

Our thoughts continue to be with the pilot’s family and loved ones at this difficult time.