An nasty accident in West Australia's remote Kimberley region

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There was a nasty accident this morning in Western Australia’s Kimberley region in the north. Some 250 kms north-east of Broome, Talbot Bay is the setting for a permanent floating base of houseboats at the base of the Horizontal Falls. The Falls are named for the extremely high tides that flow in and reverse out through the narrow gaps in the McLarty Range. Seaplanes and/or boats take tourists into the area. A tourist boat carrying 26 tourists and two crew got into trouble at 7.15 am. A number of people were toppled into the water and at the moment it seems there are 20 injured. As there could be crocodiles and box-jelly fish in the waters there, it was imperative to get the people out. There were two Royal Flying Doctor Service planes (RFDS) in the area and another four were flown in, together with six doctors and six nurses. The accident happened at 7.15 am and the first responders were there by 8.30 am. Given the remoteness of the area, this would be considered a quick response. The photo is from Wikimedia Commons and was taken by: Natalie Siegel-Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0.