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How it unfolded

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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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