{"id":23700,"date":"2026-06-27T03:37:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T01:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/hikers-lost-in-kosciuszko-national-park-rescued-within-five-hours-by-ai-drone\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T03:37:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T01:37:29","slug":"hikers-lost-in-kosciuszko-national-park-rescued-within-five-hours-by-ai-drone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/hikers-lost-in-kosciuszko-national-park-rescued-within-five-hours-by-ai-drone\/","title":{"rendered":"Hikers lost in Kosciuszko national park rescued within five hours by AI drone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fire and Rescue NSW uses thermal imaging and a mobile phone red light to quickly locate men who veered off walking track near Jindabyne<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Two hikers who veered off a walking track in Kosciuszko national park have been found within five hours using a drone powered by artificial intelligence, a first-of-its-kind mission, Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has said.<\/p>\n<p>The two men, aged in their 20s, were reported missing at 7pm on Tuesday evening after they failed to return to a rendezvous point on time.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2026\/jun\/27\/ai-drone-rescue-kosciuszko-national-park-hikers-fire-rescue-nsw\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/3752ed6a45e2ccc0b4c976fef12974cb7e048003\/455_0_2104_1684\/master\/2104.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=21eaa9b4a57f59e55a3940291956516d\" title=\"Hikers lost in Kosciuszko national park rescued within five hours by AI drone\" \/>Fire and Rescue NSW uses thermal imaging and a mobile phone red light to quickly locate men who veered off walking track near Jindabyne<br \/>\nGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast<br \/>\nTwo hikers who veered off a walking track in Kosciuszko national park have been found within five hours using a drone powered by artificial intelligence, a first-of-its-kind mission, Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has said.<br \/>\nThe two men, aged in their 20s, were reported missing at 7pm on Tuesday evening after they failed to return to a rendezvous point on time. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fire and Rescue NSW uses thermal imaging and a mobile phone red light to quickly locate men who veered off walking track near Jindabyne Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Two hikers who veered off a walking track in Kosciuszko national park have been found within five hours using a &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/27\/hikers-lost-in-kosciuszko-national-park-rescued-within-five-hours-by-ai-drone\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Hikers lost in Kosciuszko national park rescued within five hours by AI drone<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23700"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}