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Subscriber only POLICE have revealed more details about what happened at the top of Windin Falls that led to the death of a woman at the weekend as specialist crews attempt a highly complex retrieval. At about 1pm on Sunday the alarm was raised when a 58-year-old woman got into trouble and fell 50m from the top of the popular attraction on the Atherton Tablelands in the Wooroonooran National Park. Officer in charge of Atherton police station Kyell Palmer said the woman hiked 6km to the falls in a family party of four.
Windin Falls death: Body recovered by rescue helicopter
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UPDATE: The body of a woman killed in a 50m plummet from the top of Windin Falls on the Atherton Tablelands has been recovered by the Rescue 510 helicopter. On Sunday rescue crews were called to the remote waterfall attraction in the Wooroonooran National Park after a 58-year-old woman lost her footing and was swept over the falls by fast flowing water. The body of a 58-year-old woman has been recovered from the bottom of Windin Falls. Picture: Brendan Radke The location of her body was pinpointed by the rescue helicopter late Sunday and about 12pm on Monday, in a complex mission lasting almost two hours, her body was flown back to Cairns on-board the Rescue 510 helicopter.