3 die as military chopper crashes off Nova Scotia
Last Updated: Thursday, July 13, 2006 | 11:47 AM AT
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2006/07/13/scotia-crash.html
Three crew members were killed and four were injured early Thursday morning when a Canadian Forces helicopter crashed during a training exercise off Canso, N.S.
The search-and-rescue helicopter "suddenly ditched" at about 12:30 a.m. AT during a hoist exercise with a Canadian Coast Guard vessel, Capt. John Pulchny told CBC News.
A CH-149 Cormorant similar to this one crashed off Canso, N.S., during a training exercise, killing three military personnel.
The CH-149 Cormorant helicopter from 413 Transport and Rescue Squadron was based in Greenwood, N.S.
Military officials in Nova Scotia identified the dead as Sgt. Dwayne Brazill, Master Cpl. Kirk Noel and Cpl. Trevor McDavid.
Two of the injured, identified as Cpt. Ron Bush and Sgt. Marty Maloney, are in a Halifax hospital with injuries that are serious but not life-threatening. It was not immediately clear where the other injured crew members were taken.
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Pulchny said someone on the helicopter radioed the ship to say that it was about to ditch just before the aircraft went down. "This all happened quite fast," he said. "We're trying to piece together what happened.
The bodies of the three men killed in the crash were all found inside the helicopter, Pulchny said.
Barry Lumsden, deputy mayor of Canso, said the crew of a local fishing boat helped to rescue the survivors.
"They fished them out the water. I don't know exactly how because the fog was tremendously thick at the time, but they found them," Lumsden said.
Military aircraft and Canadian Coast Guard vessels were on the scene late Monday morning, along with RCMP officers from Canso, as efforts continued to recover the floating helicopter.
Last Updated: Thursday, July 13, 2006 | 11:47 AM AT
CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2006/07/13/scotia-crash.html
Three crew members were killed and four were injured early Thursday morning when a Canadian Forces helicopter crashed during a training exercise off Canso, N.S.
The search-and-rescue helicopter "suddenly ditched" at about 12:30 a.m. AT during a hoist exercise with a Canadian Coast Guard vessel, Capt. John Pulchny told CBC News.
A CH-149 Cormorant similar to this one crashed off Canso, N.S., during a training exercise, killing three military personnel.
The CH-149 Cormorant helicopter from 413 Transport and Rescue Squadron was based in Greenwood, N.S.
Military officials in Nova Scotia identified the dead as Sgt. Dwayne Brazill, Master Cpl. Kirk Noel and Cpl. Trevor McDavid.
Two of the injured, identified as Cpt. Ron Bush and Sgt. Marty Maloney, are in a Halifax hospital with injuries that are serious but not life-threatening. It was not immediately clear where the other injured crew members were taken.
location
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Pulchny said someone on the helicopter radioed the ship to say that it was about to ditch just before the aircraft went down. "This all happened quite fast," he said. "We're trying to piece together what happened.
The bodies of the three men killed in the crash were all found inside the helicopter, Pulchny said.
Barry Lumsden, deputy mayor of Canso, said the crew of a local fishing boat helped to rescue the survivors.
"They fished them out the water. I don't know exactly how because the fog was tremendously thick at the time, but they found them," Lumsden said.
Military aircraft and Canadian Coast Guard vessels were on the scene late Monday morning, along with RCMP officers from Canso, as efforts continued to recover the floating helicopter.
