Chopper went down Wednesday morning shortly after taking off
CBC News
Posted:September 02, 2015
Paramedics attend to one of the helicopter crash victims. Two people were killed and three were injured when the chopper went down. CBC
Two people are dead and three are in hospital after a helicopter crashed in a remote area of Quebec near Sept-Îles today.
Quebec provincial police Sgt. Audrey-Anne Bilodeau confirmed the deaths late Wednedsay afternoon, but didn't provide details on the identities of the deceased.
Sept-Îles is about 650 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. (CBC)
Five people were on board the chopper when it went down around 9:45 a.m. ET on Wednesday shortly after taking off from the airport in Sept-Îles, about 30 kilometres from the crash site in the province's North Shore region.
In a release issued Wednesday afternoon, the Transportation Safety Board said it would be deploying a team of investigators to the site of "a fatal accident involving a Bell 206 helicopter" to collect information and try to determine what happened.
Accessing the crash site was difficult due to the rugged, wooded terrain, according to police. A helicopter was used to transport the three injured to hospital.
Bilodeau said the two others aboard were pronounced dead at the scene.
Sept-Îles is about 650 kilometres northeast of Quebec City.
| Date: | 02-SEP-2015 |
| Time: | 09:45 a.m. |
| Type: |  Bell 206 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 40 kilometres north of Sept-Îles -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sept-Iles airport |
The helicopter crashed under unknown circumstances..
There are said to be five persons on board of the helicopter. Two occupants died in the crash, three Injured were taken to the hospital.
Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=179213 http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/news/story/1.3212789
http://www.bst.gc.ca/eng/medias-media/deploiement-deployment/aviation/2015/20150902.asp