He said the message was sent to the man s father and included their latitude and longitude, saying they need urgent help after their car was broken down and boxed in by floodwater. The message also said they had plenty of provisions and were safe and warm in the tent, but needed assistance. Insp Kersley said a search party, including police, local SES volunteers from Cardwell and Cassowary Coast Regional Council staff with a front end loader, set out early Tuesday morning. He said they had to cut through six fallen trees and shift two landslides before reaching the group about 1.30pm.
The group were driving through Kirrama Range Road, Tully in QLD on Monday
Their car broke down in floodwaters caused from ex-tropical cyclone Imogen
The four adults and six-month-old baby spent the night in a tent that night
The next morning, one of the adults strapped a mobile phone to a drone
He sent message to his dad saying they need urgent help and included location
Drone phone, excavator and chainsaws used in rescue of family stranded during torrential downpour
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Queensland SES personnel and police rescued the stranded group from the Kirrama Range Road around midday on Tuesday.
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A Far North Queensland man has flipped the tradition of scrawling SOS into the sand and instead launched a request for help from far overhead.
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A group of four adults and a baby became stranded in bad weather on the Kirrama Range Road in far north Queensland
With no mobile phone reception, a man attached his mobile phone to a drone to send an emergency text message