CFB Trenton says four people are dead following an Ornge air ambulance
helicopter crash in northern Ontario.
A spokesman at the Joint Rescue
Co-ordination Centre in Trenton says the helicopter crash site near Moosonee was located this morning and all four people on board are confirmed
dead.
The Ornge air ambulance service says two pilots and
two paramedics were on board the aircraft, but no patients.
Ornge
says it has notified the family members of those who were on board.
Ornge said the Sikorsky S76 helicopter left its base in Moosonee en route to
Attawapiskat at about midnight and contact was lost with the aircraft shortly
after takeoff.
The Transportation Safety Board has been notified and will
be
investigating.