One person is dead after a plane crash and harrowing ground search on Labrador’s North Coast.
The man’s body has made it to Happy Valley-Goose Bay, along with the second man who is now in hospital therefore being treated for serious injuries.
The plane crashed into the side of a mountain near Makkovik on Wednesday morning, May 1st. Blizzard conditions hampered rescue efforts and prevented a Cormorant helicopter from landing near the site.
A ground search and rescue team consisting of nine people from Makkovik reached the two men by snowmobile on Wednesday evening. At the time, one was conscious while another was unconscious.
They reached Makkovik around 9 p.m., but couldn’t get a helicopter out until early Thursday morning due to weather.
The plane had come from Sept-Iles, Quebec, and was heading for Greenland at the time of the crash. One man was from Belgium while the other was from the United Kingdom.
Investigators from the Transportation Safety Board will try to reach the site today to begin the probe into what went wrong.
Story Courtesy of the CBC News.
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