A man in his 40s who fell 20m from Noosa Heads cliffs into the ocean was winched to safety on Saturday by the Sunshine Coast-based LifeFlight aeromedical crew.
The rescue chopper was called to Noosa about 12midday after a man had fallen from a cliff.
A multi-agency response included the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS), Queensland Fire Department (QFD), Queensland Police Service (QPS) and Surf Life Saving Queensland (SLSQ).
The LifeFlight crew was able to safely winch the Lifeflight critical care doctor, QAS flight paramedic and LifeFlight rescue crewman down to the patient.
Both the aeromedical crew and QAS local paramedics worked to treat the patient for shoulder, neck and possible spinal injuries.
Once stablised he was stretcher-winched into the aircraft before being flown to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.
