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One dead, two missing in Qld helicopter crash.
A full-scale search is underway for two missing men after a emergency response helicopter crashed into the sea, off the central coast of Queensland.
A search and rescue spokesman says the body of one man aged in his early-thirties has already been recovered from the water near the wreckage.
The upturned wreckage of the Bell 407 helicopter was found halfway between Mackay and Hamilton Island.
The last contact from the helicopter, which was flying from Mackay to Hamilton Island to pick up a patient, was received just before 11pm AEST on Friday.
A helicopter with infra red equipment is continuing to search for the two other men, who are also aged in their early-thirties.
Another plane is hovering over the area, looking for emergency beacons.
The search involves four helicopters, two light planes, and police divers.
Hamilton Island, the largest inhabited island of the 74 tropical Whitsunday islands, is just off the Queensland Coast and at the edge of the Great Barrier Reef.
