One person has been found dead after their helicopter crashed on Friday night east of Revelstoke, B.C., near the British Columbia-Alberta border.
Aircraft was travelling from Calgary to Sicamous, B.C., when authorities lost contact
CBC News
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One person has been found dead after their helicopter crashed east of Revelstoke, B.C.
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 noon PT on Sunday.
Officials lost contact with the helicopter at about 8:40 p.m. PT on Friday, but low-visibility conditions meant aerial resources couldn’t be properly deployed until Sunday morning.
Ground crews found the helicopter around 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.
In a short statement on Sunday, RCMP confirmed they found the helicopter at a “crash scene” 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.
Revelstoke is a resort community in the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, located around 400 kilometres northeast of Vancouver and around 290 kilometres west of Calgary.
