Fatal crash while on geological mission on Nelson Glacier.  Aircraft remains found at 5,100ft altitude.  Victims later named by RCMP as 35 year old pilot Randy Lambert from Abbotsford, 40 year old Colin Dionne from Powell River and 32 year old Mathieu Lefebvre-Masse from Lund BC

Date:

31 July, 2011

Reg:

C-GNVI

Make:

Bell

Model:

B407

MSN:

53847

Location:

Nelson Glacier, Stewart. 160 miles N of Price Rupert

Country:

Canada

Fatalities:

3

Operator:

VIH-Helicopters

Link:

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2011/07/31/18494331.html?cid=rssnewslast24hours

Link:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/07/31/bc-chopper-crash.html

Link:

http://www.theprovince.com/news/Treacherous+conditions+delay+recovery+three+killed+northern+helicopter/5190146/story.html?cid=megadrop_story