SYDNEY: A helicopter pilot airlifted two men and a dog from the roof of a car engulfed in raging floodwaters in a dramatic rescue in northern Australia that was captured on video.
The driver, passenger and the sodden canine were trapped as white water from a flooded creek roared around the half-submerged vehicle on Wednesday, video images released by police and emergency services showed.
The drama unfolded in the remote locality of Manbulloo, near Katherine, after the car was swept off a highway following days of flooding in the region, police said on Thursday.
A Heli-Muster R44 helicopter perched partly on the car roof as it picked up the two men and the pet dog, in white-knuckle scenes shared by the authorities on social media.
“A passing-by helicopter pilot dropped a police officer on top of the vehicle to help the stranded driver and passenger and then went back to retrieve their dog from the vehicle,” NT Emergency Service´s Katherine volunteer unit said in a social media post.
