A pilot is fighting for his life after crashing an ultralight motorised glider into the mouth of a large river . The male pilot , 57 , was flown to the Royal Brisbane Hospital with serious head , chest and abdominal injuries after he lost control of the aircraft and crashed into Noosa River , south east Queensland , at about 7am on Sunday . Witnesses said the hang-glider spun around then flipped upside down as the man attempted to correct the aircraft but nose-dived straight into the water , reports Sunshine Coast Daily . Medics airlift a 57-year-old pilot to hospital after he crashed into the water at 7pm on Sunday . The man remains in a critical condition after suffering serious head , chest and abdominal injuries . Witness Simon Duffin , who was eating breakfast when the aircraft came down , said he saw the pilot lose control of the aircraft while it was in the air . 'He levelled out but then I realised he was upside down . He tried to do a dive to bring him back to vertical and he 's gone straight into the water . The water plume was 50 metres in the air . ' Lifeguards quickly rescued the man from harms way , pulling him into an vessel before taking him to shore . Paramedics performed CPR on the man then airlifted him to Royal Brisbane Hospital by a Careflight Rescue Helicopter . Witness Simon Duffin said the pilot 'tried to do a dive to bring him back to vertical and he 's gone straight into the water ' Lifeguards quickly rescued the man from harms way , pulling him into an vessel before taking him to shore . Witness Alex Harris captured this image of the Careflight Rescue Helicopter which airlifted the pilot to hospital . The accident happened at the mouth of Noosa River , south east Queensland , at about 7am on Sunday . Noosa Coastguards have recovered most of the recover the wreckage of the trike ultralight aircraft , which sunk near the shark nets of the Noosa Bar . The Hang Gliding Federation of Australia is working with Sunshine Coast Forensic Crash Unit to try to determine what went wrong with the crash . The 57-year-old man remains in a critical condition .
The male pilot , 57 , suffered serious head , chest and abdominal injuries . The hang-glider flipped upside down and nose-dived straight into the water . Paramedics performed CPR then flew the man to Royal Brisbane Hospital . Sunshine Coast Forensic Crash Unit trying to determine what went wrong .