Video / Auckland Rescue Helicopter TrustPolice have confirmed a 25-year-old woman died after going overboard a charter boat and suffering fatal injuries on Auckland's Waitematā Harbour. At the time, the Coastguard North Shore vessel was sent to the incident while a second Coastguard vessel towed the charter vessel back up the harbour. Dramatic footage taken from the Westpac Rescue Helicopter shows the rescue operation unfolding high above the water in bleak conditions. With lights flashing the Deodar is manoeuvred to the nearby charter vessel at the centre of the water emergency. "Fullers360 deployed person overboard recovery equipment in preparation for any request to assist and then accompanied the charter vessel to Mechanics Bay.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 01, 2021 18:57 UTC