Helijet makes emergency landing on North Coast

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Posted August 14, 2012 10:57 am.

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HAIDA GWAII (NEWS1130) – News1130 has exclusively learned that Helijet had an emergency landing on the North Coast last night.

The company says there was a loss of power during a flight from Masset to the North Island Lodge at Haida Gwaii.

A pilot and fishing guide were not injured when the helicopter landed on water.

The aircraft is designed to float but is partially submerged right now, after tipping over when crews tried to tow it away. Fuel containment booms have been set up around it.

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