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Divers Lead Search for Four Missing After Quebec Air Ambulance Crash

Sûreté du Québec diving teams are conducting renewed operations following the Royal Canadian Air Force’s suspension of aerial searches under a Transportation Safety Board probe.

FILE- An Airmedic medical transport plane on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 in Saint-Hubert.
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Overview

  • The helicopter went down on Friday night near Natashquan, Quebec, during a medical evacuation mission carrying five people.
  • One crew member escaped with non-life-threatening injuries and is receiving care in hospital.
  • Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft concluded their visual sweep on Sunday and have returned to base.
  • Sûreté du Québec divers resumed underwater searches on Monday, focusing on the helicopter’s last known position in Watshishou Lake.
  • The Transportation Safety Board of Canada and Quebec’s CNESST have opened investigations, and Airmedic has paused all operations to support its personnel.