No survivors were found after a Department of Natural Resources helicopter carrying three state employees and a pilot crashed in an Alaska lake on Thursday.
A small airplane crash-landed on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts Saturday after the 79-year-old pilot suffered a medical emergency, and a female passenger took control. the North Slope region of AlaskaThe Alaska Department of Natural Resources, which chartered the flight, said on Facebook Friday that the Division of Geological and Geophysical Survey employees had been conducting fieldwork in the vicinity of Utqiaġvik and did not check in Thursday evening as expected.
The department initiated search and rescue efforts through the North Slope Borough Department of Search and Rescue in coordination with the Alaska Department of Public Safety. People looking for the individuals found helicopter debris in a lake that matched the description of the aircraft near Wainwright.This photo provided by North Slope Borough shows an aerial view of a shallow lake where a helicopter crashed on Alaska's North Slope near Utqiagvik, Alaska, Thursday, June 20, 2023.
The helicopter was operated by Maritime Helicopters Inc., according to a statement on the company's website. The company said it had confirmed that the accident involving one of its Bell 206 L4 helicopters was fatal.
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