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A distress beacon was activated overnight, prompting authorities to task NSW Ambulance and the chopper to the incident.
The man was rescued by the Northern Territory Police after the activating his emergency beacon.
The pair sent out a distress call and were instructed to activate their EPIRB, which notified the Rescue Coordination Centre.
About 10pm, police were alerted to the activation of a Personal Locator Beacon on the Overland Track near the Bert Nichols Hut.
The Westpac Rescue Helicopter 3 was alerted around 10.30am Wednesday after a distress beacon had been set off near Shoe Island
The two men had a working personal locator beacon which allowed crews to locate them around 12.30am on Wednesday.
The crash was unusual because the driver had a personal locator beacon and was able to activate it.
President of Kawau Rescue, praised the actions of the skipper for activating his locator beacon, and his mates for wearing their life jackets.
The rescue reinforced the need up-to-date equipment as there were three EPIRBS but the one which was activated was not transmitting.
