Phoenix Heli Flight crash

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One killed in helicopter crash east of Firebag River
By ASHLEY CREWE
Today staff
Monday July 23, 2007
One person is dead and four others injured after a helicopter crash Sunday night.
At about 8 p.m. the helicopter, working for Forestry under Alberat Sustainable Resource Development crashed 65 kilometres northeast of Fort McMurray, east of Firebag River in Township 95 and Range Road 4.
The pilot and three of the occupants survived and were treated at the Northern Lights Regional Health Centre for their injuries while one male occupant died as a result of the crash.
Const. Tiffany Miller confirmed that all of the occupants were adult and said police are not releasing the name of the deceased at this time, pending family notification.
"The survivors suffered non-life threatening injuries and 3 of the 4 of them remain in the hospital, one was released last night," said Miller.
Miller said full investigation of the crash is still in the primary stages this morning.

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was this AS350BA C-FHLF?

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Occurrence Type: Accident Occurrence Date: 2007/07/23
Occurrence Time: 0100 Z Day Or Night: day-time
Fatalities: 1 Injuries: 4

Canadian Aerodrome ID: CYMM Aerodrome Name: Fort McMurray
Occurrence Location: 60 NM NE of Fort McMurray (CYMM) Province: Alberta
Country: CANADA World Area: North America

Reported By: TSB Edmonton AOR Number:
TSB Class Of Investigation: TSB Occurrence No.:

Event Information Collision with terrain

Aircraft Information Flight #:
Aircraft Category: Helicopter Country of Registration: CANADA
Make: AEROSPATIALE Model: AS 350BA
Year Built: 1979 Amateur Built: No
Engine Make: TURBOMECA Engine Model: ARRIEL 1B
Engine Type: Turbo shaft Gear Type: Land
Phase of Flight: Cruise Damage: Substantial
Owner: PHOENIX HELI-FLIGHT INC. Operator: PHOENIX HELI-FLIGHT INC. (6701)
Operator Type: Commercial


Detail Information User Name: Ridley, Rod
Date: 2007/07/23
Further Action Required: No
O.P.I.: System Safety
Narrative: An AS 350 helicopter operated by Phoenix Heli-Flight, was en route from a firefighting area to Fort McMurray with a pilot and four firefighters on board. For unknown reasons, the helicopter went down in a swampy area about 60 miles northeast of YMM and one of the firefighters was killed and the other four occupants were injured. Other helicopters operating in the area responded to the site and evacuated the injured people. TSB Edmonton has sent two investigators to the site