Radio Brisvaani
A diver missing for more than 17 hours at the famous Yongala shipwreck site off Townsville was found alive earlier today.
He was located by a local air rescue crew and then airlifted to the Townsville Hospital where he is believed to be recovering from severe sunburn and dehydration.
Read about his miraculous rescue in tomorrow’s Townsville Bulletin.
EARLIER: POLICE are currently co-ordinating a search for a diver who is missing near the Yongala dive site off Townsville.
It comes after police received information about 6.45pm last night that a 68-year-old man had not returned from the famed dive site.
The man had set off to dive on his own.
A marine search conducted by water police, Volunteer Marine Rescue and the Coastguard, and an aerial search conducted by a number of aircraft has so far failed to locate the man.
Around 8.45pm, a vessel was located at the dive site, however no one was located on board.
There is no further information available at this time.
