Nine takes the night as Seven’s Air Rescue sees audience decline

Seven’s penultimate episode of Air Rescue dropped sharply from last week’s show as Nine took the honours on Tuesday night with an audience share of 17.4 per cent.

The documentary, funded by Westpac, drew 471,000 for episode seven of the eight-program series, down from 576,000 last week.

Seven gained a share of 15.9 per cent, just ahead of Ten with 15.2 per cent. ABC captured 12.5 per cent and SBS five per cent, which was behind both Network 7Two with 5.7 per cent and Gem with 5.4 per cent.