Does anyone have any more information?
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/20 ... plane.html
Heard it was an ASW airplane. Hope nobody has been hurt.
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A bit more:
Three die in northern air crash (4:07 p.m.)
One survivor found when crash site discovered this afternoon
Jim Farrell, edmontonjournal.com
Published: Thursday, January 04, 2007
Air force paramedics jumped from a military Hercules search and rescue aircraft today into the site of a downed aircraft and found three of the four occupants of the plane that had departed Yellowknife Wednesday perished in the crash.
The lone survivor was flown to hospital in Yellowknife by a civilian helicopter.
The wreckage of the Cessna 185 was found near its destination, approximately 80 km southeast of Yellowknife on the ice of Blachford Lake. The plane was operated by Arctic Sunwest Charters of Yellowknife.
It left the territorial capital at 3:10 p.m. Wednesday, carrying three longtime employees of Blachford Lake Lodge on what should have been a
routine 20 minute, 88 km flight to the lodge. The pilot soon radioed that he was attempting to land somewhere along the route because of poor visibility caused by low cloud cover — then nothing more was heard from the plane.
The plane’s wreckage was discovered at 1 p.m. today by one of the Hercules.
The military’s search and rescue headquarters in Trenton Ontario coordinated the search that saw two Winnipeg-based Hercules with Search and Rescue Technicians (SARTechs) on board sent to the area.
“We searched as long as we could, even searching earlier this morning before sunup but the weather wasn’t good enough to be effective,” said Capt. Pierre Bolduc of the Trenton rescue coordination centre.
The two Hercules transports were joined in the search by a Turbo Beaver aircraft operated by Arctic Sunwest, a Cold Lake-based Griffon helicopter and a ground search party of Yellowknife military personnel and RCMP officers on snowmobiles.
The Griffon left CFB Cold Lake at 8:23 p.m.. Wednesday with two pilots, a flight engineer and a Search and a SARTech on board.
The search was complicated by the failure of the Electronic Locator Transmitter (ELT) carried by the Cessna. Bad visibility and the Arctic’s short days added to the difficulties.
There were clouds and isolated flurries in the search area on Wednesday and again on Thursday and night time temperatures dropped to minus 16. Because of the northerly location of the search area the sun didn’t rise until 10:02 a.m. It set at 3:18 p.m.
It isn’t yet known if the survivor of the crash was the pilot or one of his passengers. The three passengers were longtime employees of Blachford Lake Lodge, an isolated luxury resort on the shores of a 17-km-long lake near the east arm of Great Slave Lake.
The employees were supposed to prepare the lodge for a Jan. 20 winter opening a representative of the lodge said. The lodge, with its post-and-beam main building, six log cabins and sled dog excursions bills itself as the most luxurious retreat in the Yellowknife area — a
popular site for conferences, ice fishing and snowmobile excursions. It also caters to Japanese tourists seeking an unobstructed view of the northern lights.
jfarrell@thejournal.canwest.com
Three die in northern air crash (4:07 p.m.)
One survivor found when crash site discovered this afternoon
Jim Farrell, edmontonjournal.com
Published: Thursday, January 04, 2007
Air force paramedics jumped from a military Hercules search and rescue aircraft today into the site of a downed aircraft and found three of the four occupants of the plane that had departed Yellowknife Wednesday perished in the crash.
The lone survivor was flown to hospital in Yellowknife by a civilian helicopter.
The wreckage of the Cessna 185 was found near its destination, approximately 80 km southeast of Yellowknife on the ice of Blachford Lake. The plane was operated by Arctic Sunwest Charters of Yellowknife.
It left the territorial capital at 3:10 p.m. Wednesday, carrying three longtime employees of Blachford Lake Lodge on what should have been a
routine 20 minute, 88 km flight to the lodge. The pilot soon radioed that he was attempting to land somewhere along the route because of poor visibility caused by low cloud cover — then nothing more was heard from the plane.
The plane’s wreckage was discovered at 1 p.m. today by one of the Hercules.
The military’s search and rescue headquarters in Trenton Ontario coordinated the search that saw two Winnipeg-based Hercules with Search and Rescue Technicians (SARTechs) on board sent to the area.
“We searched as long as we could, even searching earlier this morning before sunup but the weather wasn’t good enough to be effective,” said Capt. Pierre Bolduc of the Trenton rescue coordination centre.
The two Hercules transports were joined in the search by a Turbo Beaver aircraft operated by Arctic Sunwest, a Cold Lake-based Griffon helicopter and a ground search party of Yellowknife military personnel and RCMP officers on snowmobiles.
The Griffon left CFB Cold Lake at 8:23 p.m.. Wednesday with two pilots, a flight engineer and a Search and a SARTech on board.
The search was complicated by the failure of the Electronic Locator Transmitter (ELT) carried by the Cessna. Bad visibility and the Arctic’s short days added to the difficulties.
There were clouds and isolated flurries in the search area on Wednesday and again on Thursday and night time temperatures dropped to minus 16. Because of the northerly location of the search area the sun didn’t rise until 10:02 a.m. It set at 3:18 p.m.
It isn’t yet known if the survivor of the crash was the pilot or one of his passengers. The three passengers were longtime employees of Blachford Lake Lodge, an isolated luxury resort on the shores of a 17-km-long lake near the east arm of Great Slave Lake.
The employees were supposed to prepare the lodge for a Jan. 20 winter opening a representative of the lodge said. The lodge, with its post-and-beam main building, six log cabins and sled dog excursions bills itself as the most luxurious retreat in the Yellowknife area — a
popular site for conferences, ice fishing and snowmobile excursions. It also caters to Japanese tourists seeking an unobstructed view of the northern lights.
jfarrell@thejournal.canwest.com
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This kind of thing could easily happen to any of us. A grim reminder of the sacrifices our brothers and sisters in the air make for this passion. My condolences and thoughts are with them and their families.
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My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the victems and to everyone at ASC.
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Hey North Shore, your timing on the comments you made are not approriate at this time. Maybe show a little class, and just think about your freinds and familly at times like this.
We lost another brother in this industry that we all love to do. Let's stick together, instead of making a dark day darker.
My heart goes out to his freinds & family, he was a good man and will be missed. Be strong ASC.
We lost another brother in this industry that we all love to do. Let's stick together, instead of making a dark day darker.
My heart goes out to his freinds & family, he was a good man and will be missed. Be strong ASC.
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N.W.T. plane crash victims identifiedDuder wrote:if anyone knows his name could you please pm me? thx
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/20 ... fatal.html
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Sole survivor of N.W.T. plane crash clings to life
Pilot tried to land Cessna ski plane in snowflurries
Jim Farrell, The Edmonton Journal
Published: Saturday, January 06, 2007
EDMONTON - The sole survivor of a plane crash near Yellowknife that took three lives was recovering in an Edmonton hospital Friday after suffering multiple fractures, internal injuries and possible spinal damage.
Alfred Tsetta, 40, of Ndilo, N.W.T., was one of three employees of Blachford Lake Lodge who were flying 88 kilometres from Yellowknife on Wednesday to the remote lodge to prepare for a Jan. 20 opening.
As their Cessna 185 ski plane was attempting a landing on the frozen surface of Blachford Lake, snowflurries and low clouds obstructed the visibility, according to a radio report from pilot Jason Watt. The plane's left side hit the ground first, said Jo Kelly, the lodge's office and marketing manager.
Watt, 36, of Trenton, Ont., died in the crash along with lodge employees Albert Doctor, 41, of Ndilo and Patrick Alexander Lawton, 53, formerly of Eckville.
In his last radio transmission, Watt had reported he would attempt a landing in difficult conditions after a flight of about 20 minutes. When nothing more was heard from the Ontario pilot, his employer, Arctic Sunwest Charters of Yellowknife, sent out another plane to search. That plane found nothing.
"The weather was not good and I was told they were getting icing on the wings and it was dark," said Kelly. "They returned to Yellowknife."
The military's rescue co-ordination centre in Trenton was told of the missing plane. Two Hercules transports from Winnipeg flew to the area with Search And Rescue Technicians (SARTechs) on board. The two Hercules searched the area until late at night and resumed the search Thursday morning.
At 10:45 a.m., one of the SARTechs spotted the wreckage on the ice, approximately three kilometres from the lodge, and rescuers parachuted into the site.
Tsetta was still inside the airplane. His survival was aided by temperatures that were mild for this time of year in the Northwest Territories: -16 C.
He was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Yellowknife, then flown on to Edmonton.
Watt, the plane's pilot, began working for Arctic Sunwest in November 2006.
"While Jason hadn't been working with us long, he was an experienced pilot with the potential to truly excel in his career, and I believe he would have advanced in this company," said Larry ..., the company's chief pilot.
Tsetta had worked for Blachford Lake Lodge for 16 years.
"(He was) a link for our guests to view the Dene culture through his teaching of Dene traditions and folklore," said Mike Freeland, owner of Blachford Lake Lodge.
"Pat (Alexander) worked as a guide for both our lodge and Plummers Lodge on Great Bear Lake and was well thought of by all."
Wednesday's flight represented this winter's first excursion to the lodge by employees, said Kelly. When it is up and running later this month, six to 10 employees will cater to a guest list of up to 38 people. Activities at the lodge include sled-dog excursions, ice fishing and unobstructed views of the northern lights.
jfarrell@thejournal.canwest.com
Pilot tried to land Cessna ski plane in snowflurries
Jim Farrell, The Edmonton Journal
Published: Saturday, January 06, 2007
EDMONTON - The sole survivor of a plane crash near Yellowknife that took three lives was recovering in an Edmonton hospital Friday after suffering multiple fractures, internal injuries and possible spinal damage.
Alfred Tsetta, 40, of Ndilo, N.W.T., was one of three employees of Blachford Lake Lodge who were flying 88 kilometres from Yellowknife on Wednesday to the remote lodge to prepare for a Jan. 20 opening.
As their Cessna 185 ski plane was attempting a landing on the frozen surface of Blachford Lake, snowflurries and low clouds obstructed the visibility, according to a radio report from pilot Jason Watt. The plane's left side hit the ground first, said Jo Kelly, the lodge's office and marketing manager.
Watt, 36, of Trenton, Ont., died in the crash along with lodge employees Albert Doctor, 41, of Ndilo and Patrick Alexander Lawton, 53, formerly of Eckville.
In his last radio transmission, Watt had reported he would attempt a landing in difficult conditions after a flight of about 20 minutes. When nothing more was heard from the Ontario pilot, his employer, Arctic Sunwest Charters of Yellowknife, sent out another plane to search. That plane found nothing.
"The weather was not good and I was told they were getting icing on the wings and it was dark," said Kelly. "They returned to Yellowknife."
The military's rescue co-ordination centre in Trenton was told of the missing plane. Two Hercules transports from Winnipeg flew to the area with Search And Rescue Technicians (SARTechs) on board. The two Hercules searched the area until late at night and resumed the search Thursday morning.
At 10:45 a.m., one of the SARTechs spotted the wreckage on the ice, approximately three kilometres from the lodge, and rescuers parachuted into the site.
Tsetta was still inside the airplane. His survival was aided by temperatures that were mild for this time of year in the Northwest Territories: -16 C.
He was flown by helicopter to a hospital in Yellowknife, then flown on to Edmonton.
Watt, the plane's pilot, began working for Arctic Sunwest in November 2006.
"While Jason hadn't been working with us long, he was an experienced pilot with the potential to truly excel in his career, and I believe he would have advanced in this company," said Larry ..., the company's chief pilot.
Tsetta had worked for Blachford Lake Lodge for 16 years.
"(He was) a link for our guests to view the Dene culture through his teaching of Dene traditions and folklore," said Mike Freeland, owner of Blachford Lake Lodge.
"Pat (Alexander) worked as a guide for both our lodge and Plummers Lodge on Great Bear Lake and was well thought of by all."
Wednesday's flight represented this winter's first excursion to the lodge by employees, said Kelly. When it is up and running later this month, six to 10 employees will cater to a guest list of up to 38 people. Activities at the lodge include sled-dog excursions, ice fishing and unobstructed views of the northern lights.
jfarrell@thejournal.canwest.com
Another failed ELT. Isn't TC ever going to do anything about this problem? How many lives could have been saved in the last ten years if TC had dealt with this problem? As far back as 1978 the NTSB did a special investigation into the failure of ELT's. Certainly, if the ELT had worked, at least on occupant (who wore a floater coat and drowned slowly less than five miles from his home) of CGAQW which disappeared Feb 28, 2005 would have been saved, maybe all five - they did all get out of the plane before it sank.The search was complicated by the failure of the Electronic Locator Transmitter (ELT) carried by the Cessna.
When are we going to wake up and start demanding that something is done to protect pilots and passengers from this particular danger?
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