Two divers were found alive and well off the Gold Coast after they had drifted in the waters for about 20 hours.
But another man who reportedly jumped from a cruise ship in the neighbouring Moreton Island vicinity on Friday night has not been found.
Queensland Police say that at 10am on Saturday (April 18), authorities were alerted that a 45-year-old Victoria Point man and a 43-year-old Robina male had failed to return to their boat off Point Lookout, North Stradbroke Island.
They had been due back in their boat at the expected time of 9.15am and search and rescue operations began about 10.30am; click here for more details.
Taking part were Brisbane Water Police, police divers, Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), Marine Rescue Queensland (MRQ), Coast Guard, Surf Life Saving Queensland and aircraft.
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DIVERS FOUND SAFE AND WELL
After more than 20 hours of searching, Qld Police said, the two divers were found in off Main Beach on the Gold Coast.
Police say that just before 7am on Sunday, AMSA’s Melbourne-based Challenger jet aircraft located them about 2.2 nautical miles east of Main Beach, about 14 nautical miles south of their initial location, and dropped a life raft to them.
Water police were first on scene and helped the men before they were airlifted by the Surf Life Saving helicopter.
The two men were airlifted to a park in Southport then taken to Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.
The men have since returned home safe and well, police says.
MAN OVERBOARD FROM CRUISE SHIP
Meanwhile, ABC News reports say a man aged in his 70s jumped overboard from a Sydney-bound cruise ship on Friday night.
The ship was about 30km off Moreton Island, which is north of North Stradbroke Island, in Moreton Bay at the time, reports say.
A social media post from a passenger onboard the ship said the liner turned around at 2am on Saturday to search for him.
The ship’s operators, Carnival Cruise Line reported that the man apparently climbed over a safety railing.
Two AMSA jets, five helicopters and six ships were used in the search for him on the weekend with no update available on the search since.
