NSW: Police helicopter rejoins search for teen bushwalker

AAP General News (Australia)
12-17-2006
NSW: Police helicopter rejoins search for teen bushwalker

A police helicopter has rejoined the search for a teenager who went missing in the
NSW Blue Mountains six days ago.

The cloud that kept Pol Air on the ground this morning .. lifted just before midday (AEDT).

A large ground search team is also out looking for the 16-year-old from the northern
Sydney suburb of Pymble.

He called triple-O last Monday .. after becoming separated from two friends he was
trekking with along fire trails through dense bushland.

Police believe he had enough food to last four or five days .. plus a tent .. sleeping
bag .. water purification tablets .. and a camping stove.

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