The search for the skipper of a capsized boat will continue this morning after his vessel carrying four passengers hit trouble in the Kimberley region of Western Australia on Sunday afternoon.
Police were alerted just before 2pm (AWST) that the 6.4m vessel had overturned in Airport Creek, a tidal river system five kilometres south west of Derby.
The boat, which had two men, one woman and two girls onboard, capsized one hour after it had set off from Derby Jetty.
READ MORE: Search called off for 57-year old attacked by shark
Four hours into an aerial search, around 5.40pm, a helicopter spotted the overturned boat on the shoreline and sets of footprints in mud.
The boat had drifted 17km south of its capsized location.
An hour later, the four passengers from the boat were found walking through marshland.
All four were uninjured and taken to Derby Hospital for observation.
The search for the skipper, a man in his 50s, will continue today.
READ MORE: Treasurer questions WA’s ‘high bar’ vaccination goal
Police seek help finding 15-year-old missing for nearly two weeks
Police ask for help to find missing Sutton man
O'Connor baby missing since 2021 reunited with grandma
Canberra baby missing since 2021 reunited with grandma
The Real Love Boat ‘didn’t pop like we would have hoped’, but give it time, says Paramount’s head of content following poor launch ratings
Fears for 'severely confused' Australian man missing in Seattle