A Langley man will have to wait til next year to learn his sentence for pointing a laser at a helicopter. Alexander William Schiller has pleaded guilty to aiming the laser at the pilot and passenger of an RCMP helicopter while it was assisting Vancouver Police in April of last year -- when Schiller was 30. He was later charged with mischief, … [Read more...]
Deadly helicopter crash in Yukon
July 11, 2012 by
One person's dead after a helicopter crash in the Yukon. The Joint Rescue Coordintation Centre in Victoria says the Robinson R-44 went down late yesterday afteroon while on a bear surveying mission outside Whitehorse. One of the two survivors used his cellphone to call for help. CKNW Vancouver News … [Read more...]
Victims of helicopter crash indentified
June 4, 2012 by
The BC Coroner's service has identified the men killed in a helicopter crash west of Terrace. The victims have been identified as 44 year old Peter Bryant of Terrace, 48 year old Blake Erickson of Sicamous, and 44 year old Arnaud Jolibois of Banff. The Transportation Safety Board continues to investigate the cause of the crash. CKNW Vancouver News … [Read more...]
Search crews reach helicopter wreckage west of Terrace
June 2, 2012 by
After being hampered by harsh weather and avalanche risk, authorities have finally reached wreckage of a helicopter crash west of Terrace. The A Star 350 machine carrying three people on a training mission went down yesterday morning. Mounties, the coroner, and federal transportation officials are now working to recover the victims' remains before … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Helicopter crashes near Terrace
June 1, 2012 by
Search and rescue crews and the RCMP are responding to a helicopter crash, west of Terrace. It happened around 20-kilometres west of Terrace, on the slope of Sleeping Beauty mountain at around nine this morning. Details are slim, but three people were on board -- their current condition is not known. The chopper belonged to Bailey Helicopters, … [Read more...]
Daring night helicopter rescue
August 28, 2011 by
A man is recovering from a serious leg injury after a climbing accident in the Kootenay region. The fall occurred late Saturday afternoon as the man and his climbing partner were scaling a waterfall on the Macbeth Icefields North of Kootenay Lake. Lt. Trevor Reid of Air Force 19 Wing 442 Squadran in Comox says the Joint Rescue … [Read more...]
Crews recover the bodies of Sunday's helicopter crash
August 3, 2011 by
8/2/2011 After being forced back by bad weather, a search and rescue team along with the RCMP, managed to recover three bodies from a northern B.C. weekend helicopter crash after a second ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
3 people dead after helicopter crash near Prince Rupert
August 1, 2011 by
Moskaluk says around 4:00 this afternoon, Stewart RCMP got a report from the helicopter company saying one of their choppers had gone down in the Nelson Glacier ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
