Media Release

ARMY AIRCRAFT WITH THERMAL IMAGING EQUIPMENT JOINS SEARCH FOR MISSING SNOWBOARDERS

The Army has sent an aircraft fitted with state-of-the-art thermal imaging equipment in a bid to locate the four snowboarders missing in the Snowy Mountains for the past nine days.

The Beech 350 Super King Air, commanded by Captain Kelvin Yeats, left Army's Oakey Air Base at about 3.15pm in response to a request this morning from the State Emergency Operations Centre.

The Super King Air is expected to arrive at Cooma early this evening and join the hunt for the missing snowboarders in the Kosciusko National Park as soon as the crew have been briefed by search authorities.

Further information:

Major Steve Graham (02) 9339 3082, (0413) 580 406

Issued by the Defence Public Affairs Organisation, Department of Defence, Canberra, ACT, 2600

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