Helicopter Sighting May Help Search
05/01/2004 04:28 PM
NewstalkZB
A sighting of a helicopter on the day that one went missing in Milford Sound may have shed some light on the disappearance.
A pilot and his female passenger have not been heard from for two days.
Search coordinator Jim McLean says two trampers told police on Monday morning that they saw a helicopter a few kilometres south of where the helicopter was last reported, just five minutes after it last made contact.
A police vehicle is in the valley checking if the weather is clear enough for helicopters to search the area.
He says they have not given up hope of finding the pilot and passenger alive, but the likelihood of that fades with every passing hour.