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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.
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