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Written by THE CANADIAN PRESS
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Friday, 15 August 2008 |
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PENTICTON, B.C. - Investigators say a helicopter that crashed near Terrace was moving drilling equipment for a mineral exploration project.
Bill Yearwood of the Transportation Safety Board says the senior pilot had made two successful lifts yesterday with a long line and hook, but something went wrong toward the end of the third lift.
The man is now in a Vancouver hospital with serious injuries.
The wreckage of the Bell Long Ranger is still hanging from a steep slope and Yearwood says investigators won't examine the helicopter in detail until it's moved.
Yearwood says weather was not a factor in the accident.
Last Wednesday, a crash near Alice Arm, north of Prince Rupert, killed four people who were also working on a mineral exploration project.
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