Very Sad: Heli Pilot Dead
So if you recall a few weeks ago (maybe 2?) I went off heli skiing in Golden. This morning however I saw the following news:
A chopper carrying nine people on a heli-skiing trip in southeastern B.C. crashed near Golden on Thursday, killing the pilot.The helicopter was on its way back to the Purcell Helicopter Skiing Ltd. base in Golden just before 3:30 p.m. when it lost altitude and hit the ground with what the RCMP termed "sufficient force to have the blades break off" its rotor.
Six passengers -- four from outside B.C. and two from outside Canada -- walked away uninjured from the wreck, which remained upright. Two Purcell staffers from Golden were hospitalized. One was released, but one was later flown to a Calgary hospital by STARS air ambulance.
Needless to say this is extremely sad, but even closer to my heart because this was the same pilot I only just recently met and flew with. :(
My thoughts are with the pilot, his family and the rest of Purcell heli ski organization.