Chopper Squad

Tonight, the Rescue1 chopper team struggle to save two young men who are feared drowned at Hahei; a Coromandel motorcyclist is struggling with punctured lungs.

A teenage motorcyclist is fighting for his life after crashing on a remote farm near Warkworth, a man has 2nd degree burns to his face and hands from an accidental explosion.

The Rescue1 team battle to save a man trapped in his overturned Land-Rover on Rakino Island; a star rugby player at Onewhero may have broken his neck after a scrum collapsed.

The chopper team has an intense struggle to keep a young Waikato woman alive after her car collided with a heavy truck, an 18 year old man is in terrible pain with a dislocated shoulder.

The Westpac chopper crew attempt to save a Waiheke man who has life-threatening injuries after falling off a ladder; a motocross rider is in a bad way after a 100-foot jump goes badly wrong.

The helicopter rescue crew responds to Pauanui to save a truck driver who's smashed through the windscreen after rolling his truck; a Port Charles family is distraught after a young girl is run over.

The chopper crewmen have their hands full with five badly injured patients after a car crash near Waiuku, and a massive motorcycle pile-up leaves injured bikers all over the road.

As a weather bomb hits, the chopper crew set out on one of the most challenging missions they have ever undertaken 20 miles off shore, a man lays face down at Muriwai beach unable to move.

A hang glider pilot may have broken his back after a heavy crash-landing, a Manaia man is in a bad way after coming off a sea biscuit at high speed.

A motocross rider may have broken his back after hitting a tree head on at high speed, at a sawmill a man faces its worse nightmares.

The team is responding to a life-threatening emergency, A cyclist in his 60s, Terrence Williams, is unresponsive and critical after an accident 15 minutes flying time from Auckland.

The team are called out to a status 2 emergency; Clark Chamberlain was abseiling when he fell from the top of a cliff to the ground. He's now in a critical condition suffering from multiple injuries.

The team are responding to reports of a life-or death emergency; Jim Te Whata has been pulled from the water cold, unconscious and not breathing.