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The RCMP and Terrace Search and Rescue on Sunday recovered three our bodies from the scene of a ski-helicopter accident that occurred on Jan. 22.
The information got here a day after Northern Escape Heli-Snowboarding president John Forrest had known as for the Royal Canadian Air Drive to be known as in to help in restoration of the our bodies.
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The crash, involving a Skyline Helicopters Augusta Westland A119 Koala, claimed the lives of Italian vacationers Heiner Junior (Heinzl) Oberrauch, 29, 35-year-old Andreas Widman and the helicopter pilot, who has not but been recognized.
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The helicopter was being operated by Northern Escape Heli-Snowboarding.
4 others have been injured, together with Oberrauch’s older brother Jakob Oberrauch, 34, the CEO of household sporting-goods enterprise Sportler; Johannes Peer, 34, additionally a Sportler government, and 35-year-old Emilio Zierock.
On Sunday, Forrest thanked everybody concerned within the rescue and restoration operation.
“The staff at Northern Escape, along with our mutual assist neighbour White Wilderness Heliskiing, put all of their collective many years and many years of coaching into motion to soundly convey the 4 injured sufferers down the mountain to obtain additional medical care,” Forrest mentioned.
“That rescue mission was assisted by the off-mountain help of the B.C. Ambulance Service, the staff at Mills Memorial Hospital, the RCMP and the volunteer Terrace Search and Rescue staff.
“As soon as our groups rescued the 4 injured individuals off the mountain, the helicopter accident website was closed, so we relied on the RCMP, Terrace Search and Rescue and others to tackle the essential accountability of recovering these misplaced. We’re happy that at present, due to the dedication of these teams, the restoration mission of the three people has additionally been accomplished.
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“Thanks to everybody who has been concerned within the rescue and restoration missions, together with each single Northern Escape staff member, White Wilderness Heliskiing, HeliCat Canada, B.C. Ambulance Service, the staff at Mills Memorial Hospital, the RCMP and Terrace Search and Rescue.”
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