Man Bitten By Shark Off Gold Coast

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Man bitten by shark off Gold Coast

A rescue helicopter is responding to reports a man has been bitten by a shark off the Gold Coast.

It was believed he had been reeling the shark aboard a fishing boat more than 100 nautical miles off Coolangatta on Sunday.

A spokesman for the RACQ CareFlight helicopter said crews were expected to reach the man about 10.30am (AEST) and he would be taken to Gold Coast Hospital.

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Qld: Shark attacks fisherman off Gold Coast

A shark's jaws had latched so tightly onto a fisherman's leg

that its head had to be severed on a tuna boat off the Gold Coast

today.

A 20-year-old man from Sydney was attacked by the three metre

mako shark .. at about 7.30am (AEST) on a boat more than 100

nautical miles off Coolangatta.

The man had stepped on the shark's tail before the 90kg creature

whipped around and bit him on the right calf.

A spokesman for RACQ Careflight says deck-hands couldn't release

the shark from the man's leg and had to cut off its head.

The man was airlifted to Gold Coast Hospital in a stable

condition .. he'll undergo emergency surgery.

Paramedic DARRIN HATCHMAN has told ABC Radio .. the man's lucky

to be alive .. with the bite narrowly missing major blood vessels

and arteries at the back of the knee.