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[Malcolm]

Let us hope are safe and sound

A search is on in B.C.’s Southern Interior for what’s believed to be a missing private helicopter.

 

The province’s Joint Rescue Coordination Centre was alerted Friday evening by the sound of an emergency locator transmitter in the Revelstoke area.

According to the JRCC, the alert sounded around 10 nautical miles east of Revelstoke, or 18 km by land.

 

 

 

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Rescue crews are trying to find a helicopter that went missing Friday night in Glacier National Park, pictured here in October 2023, near Revelstoke, B.C.© Parks Canada/Facebook

Rescue crews are actively trying to find a helicopter that is believed to have crashed after it went missing east of Revelstoke, B.C., in Glacier National Park on Friday.

An RCMP spokesperson told CBC News they received a report of a missing helicopter shortly before 7 p.m. PT Friday.

 

Capt. Pedram Mohyeddin, a spokesperson for Maritime Forces Pacific, said the forces had received word of an overdue private helicopter at around 8:40 p.m. PT in the Revelstoke area.

Ground crews were still searching for the craft around 3:30 p.m. PT on Saturday and believe it "most likely" crashed, Mohyeddin said.

"The joint rescue co-ordination centre is conducting this search as if it is a crashed helicopter, but there is no visual verification at this point," Mohyeddin told CBC News.

He said the craft believed to be missing was travelling from Calgary, Alta., to Sicamous, B.C., according to its flight plan, but Mohyeddin said rescue crews don't know how many people were aboard.

Shortly after the craft went missing, "the Canadian Mission Control Centre received a ping from an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) approximately 10 nautical miles [18.5 kilometres] east of Revelstoke," he said.

 

Revelstoke is a resort community in the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, located 400 kilometres northeast of Vancouver and 289 kilometres west of Calgary.

While search-and-rescue and military aircraft were charged with finding the missing helicopter, Mohyeddin told CBC News that low visibility in the area was preventing them from operating.

"Currently ground search-and-rescue, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association [CASARA] are searching the vicinity of that ELT signal by ground," he said Saturday afternoon.

Mohyeddin said the CASARA has provided a drone capable of detecting heat signatures that crews will use to continue the search.

The spokesperson added that crews were searching in the vicinity of Highway 1 for the helicopter.

[Malcolm]

1 person confirmed dead after helicopter crashes east of Revelstoke, B.C.

Chopper was travelling from Calgary to Sicamous, B.C., before authorities lost contact

CBC News · Posted: Jan 07, 2024 2:42 PM MST | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

Rescue crews have found the wreckage of a helicopter east of Revelstoke, B.C., on Sunday afternoon. RCMP had earlier told CBC News that they were searching for the chopper in Glacier National Park, pictured here in October 2023. (Parks Canada/Facebook)

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One person has been found dead after their helicopter crashed east of Revelstoke, B.C., near the British Columbia-Alberta border.

The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) confirmed to CBC News that the helicopter, which was travelling from Calgary to Sicamous, B.C., was located at about 12 p.m. PT on Sunday.

Officials lost contact with the helicopter at about 8:40 p.m. PT on Friday, and low visibility conditions meant aerial resources couldn't be properly deployed until Sunday morning.

Ground crews found the helicopter 10 nautical miles (18.5 kilometres) east of Revelstoke, near where its emergency locator transmitter last sent them a ping along Highway 1, according to the JRCC.

"Canadian [search-and-rescue] technicians have now handed over the case to the coroner," said Capt. Pedram Mohyeddin of Maritime Forces Pacific. "Next of kin has been notified."

Mohyeddin said a cause for the crash has not yet been determined. The victim was the sole occupant of the aircraft.

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  Rescuers search for missing helicopter travelling from Calgary believed to have crashed in B.C.

RCMP had earlier told CBC News that crews first received word of the missing private helicopter at about 7 p.m. PT on Friday.

In a short statement on Sunday, RCMP confirmed they found the helicopter at a "crash scene" in Glacier National Park east of Revelstoke.

"The RCMP is working alongside the Transportation Safety Board and the B.C. Coroners Service to determine the cause of this incident," the statement reads.