Bodies of 4 killed in Alaska helicopter crash are recovered from lake
The cause of the crash is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board. This photo provided by North Slope Borough shows an aerial view of a shallow lake where a helicopter crashed on Alaska's North Slope near Utqiagvik, Alaska, Thursday, July 20, 2023. ANCHORAGE (Alaska): Alaska search and rescue divers recovered the bodies of a helicopter pilot and three scientists on Sunday from the sunken wreckage of their aircraft, which went down in a shallow lake last week on the remote North Slope, authorities said. The cause of the crash is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board. The only way to raise the wreckage will be to use another helicopter because it’s in the middle of one of the many lakes scattered across the vast tundra, said Clint Johnson, the chief of the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska region. “In Alaska, here during the fire season, commercial helicopters are at a premium. So we are having challenges getting a heli...