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AI-powered drone rescues lost hikers
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Fire and Rescue NSW used an AI-powered drone with thermal imaging to locate two hikers who had veered off a walking track in Kosciuszko National Park, finding them within five hours—marking the first operational rescue using the drone's AI detection system.
- Two men in their 20s reported missing at 7pm Tuesday, found ~500 meters off track
- Drone used thermal imaging combined with mobile phone red light detection
- Search completed in five hours from initial report
- First operational deployment of FRNSW's AI detection system for missing person rescue