After a helicopter went missing in Alaska on Thursday night, a search and rescue mission is underway in a lake near the state's North Slope.
A helicopter carrying a pilot and three state workers crashed in a large remote lake on Alaska’s North Slope on Thursday night, officials have announced. A rescue and recovery dive team has been deployed but no survivors have been located at this time. “The official word is they are missing, presumed fatal,” Clint Johnson, the chief of National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska region, said on Friday.
The helicopter was carrying three employees from the Division of Geological and Geophysical Survey who had been conducting field work. It had been chartered by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, the department said in a statement on Friday. “DNR is praying for our employees and the pilot, their families, and the DNR team,” the statement said. “We are continuing to await updates from the search and rescue effort.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
University of Alaska picks Philadelphia-sized section of Interior Alaska to own under new lawThe University of Alaska has selected about 100,000 acres near Spooky Valley, west of the Dalton Highway in the Ray Mountains of Interior Alaska, to own under a provision in last year's federal spending package. (via AlaskaBeacon)
Read more »
No survivors found after helicopter crashes in lake on Alaska’s North Slope, officials sayThe helicopter, which crashed near Wainwright, was carrying three employees from the state Division of Geological and Geophysical Survey who had been conducting field work.
Read more »
No survivors in North Slope helicopter crashNo survivors were found after a helicopter crashed on Alaska’s North Slope Thursday night, according to officials with the National Transportation Safety Board.
Read more »
City of worms that can live 200 years discovered on seafloor off Alaska PeninsulaThe horde of worms stretched the length of two football fields and was thick enough to cover the seafloor like shag carpet in spots.
Read more »