4 killed in helicopter crash in remote Alaskan lake during fieldwork
- A helicopter carrying a pilot and three Alaska state workers crashed in a remote lake in the state's North Slope region.
- The victims were conducting fieldwork for the Alaska Department of Natural Resources when the crash occurred.
- No survivors were found after search and rescue efforts located the wreckage in a large, shallow lake around 50 miles southwest of Utqiagvik.
- The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the fatal crash.
- A dive team was deployed to recover the bodies from the submerged wreckage in the lake.