By Australian Associated Press
Published: 06:06 BST, 7 May 2019 | Updated: 06:06 BST, 7 May 2019
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A jet ski rider missing off Queensland's Sunshine Coast may have been taken by a shark, police fear.
Luke Howard vanished as he and a mate made a desperate dash for the shore after their vessel took on water on Monday afternoon.
Choppers, boats and drones are searching for the missing man who was in the water and being towed behind the stricken craft when he disappeared.
Choppers, boats and drones are searching for triathlete Luke Howard (pictured), who was in the water and being towed when he disappeared off the Sunshine Coast on Monday afternoon
Police have spoken to the man's distraught friend, who made it back to the beach, abandoned the jet ski and raised the alarm
The 35-year-old and his friend were fishing near Mudjimba Island when the emergency forced them to head for shore.
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