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10.20pm Tuesday: The Government Flying Service receives a call to airlift a patient from Cheung Chau to Queen Mary Hospital.
10.30pm: Pilot contacts the control tower to get permission to fly.
10.33pm: The pilot makes his last radio call to the control tower to report his helicopter's location over Tung Chung Road, Lantau.
10.41pm: Control tower loses contact with helicopter.
11pm: The Civil Aviation Department launches search.
11.30pm: The Fire Services Department is called in.
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