A skydiver has been flown to hospital with suspected spinal injuries in the second incident of its kind in Queensland.
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The 26-year-old skydiver was injured in a hard landing at Tarawera, 110 kilometres north-west of Goondiwindi, about 10.30am on Wednesday.
The RACQ CareFlight Rescue Helicopter flew the injured skydiver to Brisbane’s Princess Alexandra Hospital in a stable condition.
It is the second skydiving incident in as many days in southern rural Queensland.
A 25-year-old skydiver suffered suspect neck injuries in a hard landing at Westmar, about 250 kilometres west of Toowoomba, on Tuesday morning.
He was flown to Roma Base Hospital in a stable condition.
Meanwhile, investigations are continuing into the plane crash that claimed the lives of first-time skydivers Joseph "Joey" King and Rahuia "Rahi" Hohua on March 22.
The young couple was killed when the Cessna 206, from which they were going to jump, crashed into Caboolture Airfield, north of Brisbane, shortly after take off.
The pilot and two skydiving instructors were also killed when the plane disintegrated in a fireball.
