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Search party finds crashed helicopter
Wednesday Feb 22 14:15 AEDT
The wreckage of helicopter missing in far north western Queensland with four people on board has been found.
The wreckage was spotted by a search helicopter about 11.30am (AEST), about 150km north of Mount Isa police said.
A 28-year-old female pilot and three male passengers aged 50, 35 and 38 were believed to be on board at the time.
The Courier Mail says all four people on board were killed, according to air safety authorities.
The helicopter failed to arrive at the Mount Kelly landing site - about 100 km north of Mount Isa - at the scheduled time of 4.15pm (AEST).
A spokeswoman for search and rescue body AusSAR said the wreckage was found five nautical miles west of an area called Gunpowder.
She said it was not known whether there were any survivors.
"Because the area is inaccessible, we have to land people in a specific area and walk them in," the spokeswoman said.
"It's impossible to say whether there are any survivors at this stage ... we won't be able to tell until we can get down there."
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