A 31-year-old man (not named) was attacked by a shark while spearfishing at Holmes Reef about 240km offshore of Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia. The incident happened just before noon on Saturday, 13 October 2007.
According to a report on News.com.au the shark attacked from behind, biting the back of the man's leg and tearing into his calf muscle.
An ambulance officer was quoted as saying: "It was a pretty deep, long tear.
"His tendons and muscles were exposed. The tear was about 30cm long."
The man was one of about 20 people on a charter boat specialising in spearfishing.
A helicopter rescue crew winched him from the boat and flew him to Cairns Base Hospital where he was reported in “good spirits”.
Helicopter pilot Chris Maehl told media "he was all bandaged up by the time we got there and was pretty stable, in good spirits considering”.
Sources:
News.com.au
