A DEFENCE force Hercules plane was hired to carry a 240kg patient because there were no ambulances or planes big enough to transport her.
Even though the woman was deemed well enough to travel by road from Mt Isa to Townsville, the Queensland Ambulance Service had no vehicles to carry her.
She was even too large to be safely carried in King Air light aircraft operated by the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
An Australian Defence Force spokesman confirmed a C-130 Hercules was sent from the RAAF base near Sydney after a request from the Queensland Government.
The cost to taxpayers was not disclosed, but a Hercules aircraft costs about $13,000 an hour to operate, putting the total cost of the nine-hour operation at more than $100,000.
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