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The Mount Isa-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter was then sent out to find the father and son who were still stranded in the water.
The trio managed to find where the ute had become stuck on the map and the crew flew directly to the location.
Just before last light, the crew located the man and child sitting on the roof of a vehicle and landed the helicopter on a dry patch of land nearby.
The pair had to be rescued on Monday night after their friends walked 12 hours to a police station
RACQ LifeFlight Rescue Pilot Russell Proctor said the father and son did all the right things
Father and 10-year-old son rescued from floodwaters near Mount Isa after friends walked 50km for help
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The father and son were located by air after their friends had walked 12 hours to get help.
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A father and his 10-year-old son have been rescued from floodwaters in remote north-west Queensland after their friends walked 12 hours to raise the alarm.
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A group travelling in a ute became bogged in floodwaters on Sunday evening
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