Britain says Prince William's deployment for training as a helicopter rescue pilot is routine.
He was surrounded by so much vegetation that the helicopter rescue crew had trouble keeping track of him once they found him.
He is an officer in the army, the navy and the air force, popping away from his helicopter rescue squadron to represent Britain's bid for the football World Cup.
If the boat did not have a life raft, the chances of survival are slim, said Mario Vittone, a recently retired Coast Guard helicopter rescue swimmer and a marine safety specialist.
The BBC's Nick Bryant in Sydney says Australian authorities were able to drop food, water and a survival suit to the 63-year-old, but his location was too remote for a helicopter rescue.
Lt Comm Martin Lanni, Lt Michael Paulet, and Flt Lt Lee Turner all received the Air Force Cross for their role in the helicopter rescue of a group of climbers from Ben Nevis in May 2007.
Officers from Northern Constabulary are being assisted by members of Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team, an RAF rescue helicopter and Strathclyde Police Mountain Rescue Team.
An RAF rescue helicopter from Valley, Anglesey, winched three men from Northumberland from Snowdon's Pyg Track.
The rescue helicopter from RAF Valley in Anglesey provided lighting assistance for the search teams.
An RAF rescue helicopter from Chivenor in Devon later airlifted the kayaker to Morriston Hospital in Swansea.
Meanwhile the ongoing search involves the police helicopter, mountain rescue teams, search and rescue dogs, and the RAF.
Mr Jagger, who used a wind-up torch to help a rescue helicopter find him, escaped with a few bruises.
The Coastguard and RNLI were called to help and a search and rescue helicopter was scrambled at 04:00 BST.
He was winched up by a search and rescue helicopter and flown to hospital but could not be revived.
The UK helicopter search and rescue contract has been won by Bristow Group.
Mr Woodhead was found on Friday after a rescue helicopter spotted his shorts.
The Chapel St Leonards' Coastguard rescue team and Skegness inshore lifeboat were dispatched with support from an RAF search-and-rescue helicopter.
She is described as an inexperienced sailor and was hoisted from the ship by a rescue helicopter on Sunday morning.
Coastguard teams from Porthcawl and Port Talbot, a rescue helicopter from Chivenor, Devon and a police helicopter were also taking part.
The family were flown to safety by a rescue helicopter from Valley on Anglesey from the farm seven miles west of Wrexham.
An RAF Search and Rescue helicopter was sent to scour the area.
Despite an extensive search involving a Royal Air Force rescue helicopter, five RNLI lifeboats, other vessels and a police helicopter, Mr Robertson was not found.
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The Brecon, Central Beacons and Western Beacons mountain rescue teams all helped in the operation, as did an RAF rescue helicopter from Chivenor in Devon.
The mission tonight is to rendezvous with a U.S. search-and-rescue helicopter.
Some 30 members of Brecon, Central and Longtown mountain rescue teams were called and difficult conditions meant she could not be reached by rescue helicopter.
The rescue helicopter located the damaged yacht at about 2240 BST.
Three were killed along with 16 Americans in a rescue helicopter.
The troops were fired on by rocket propelled grenades and a quick reaction force including a helicopter sent to rescue the troops, also came under attack.
The two men were winched to safety by a rescue helicopter from RNAS Culdrose 75 miles (120 km) south west of the islands on Thursday night.
The Duchess was not accompanied to the event by her husband, Prince William, who is working in Anglesey as an RAF search and rescue helicopter pilot.
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