I hope that this turns out OK, but the EC135 has been missing since Saturday evening. Unsure why it has taken until Monday to start looking
Richard Green is well known amongst the Australian helicopter community and is already reported as the owner of the missing 135, so no breaking of confidence to name him here.
SEARCH UNDERWAY TO FIND MISSING HELICOPTER
The Australian Maritime and Safety Authority is co-ordinating an operation to find a helicopter that went missing between Tamworth and Sydney.
The EC135 took off from Breeza on Saturday evening and was headed for Mona Vale in Sydney’s north.
The helicopter, with three people on board, hasn’t been heard from since.
No mayday call or emergency beacon signal has been detected.
AMSA officers were notified this morning.
Rescuers, which includes the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, have picked up a ping from a telephone and are searching between the Hunter Valley and Sydney.
Seven helicopters are expected to join the search effort this afternoon.
Search underway for helicopter missing between Sydney and north-west NSW
A search is underway for a helicopter with three people aboard which has not been heard from since leaving Breeza in north-west New South Wales on Saturday afternoon.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said the helicopter was flying to northern Sydney - a trip that should only have taken a couple of hours.
AMSA said the helicopter was only reported missing this morning just after 8:00am.
The authority's Dornier 328 Search and Rescue plane is inspecting the northern part of the likely flight path, while a rescue helicopter is searching the southern part.
The search area stretches from the Hunter Valley to northern Sydney.
No mayday calls or emergency beacons were detected, AMSA said.