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Helicopter crash in Loughborough area kills 2, including pilot

Sage Daniels
By Sage Daniels

A Hughes 500 helicopter crashed while performing forestry operations in the Loughborough area across from Sayward on Tuesday, killing 2 of 3 people aboard.

B.C. helicopter service provider and owner of the helicopter involved, West Coast Helicopters (WCF), said that the machine went down at 6:15 a.m.

WCF said in a post on social media that the crew was working with Crowhurst Forest Management Group.

No cause for the crash has been determined. The pilot was from Port McNeill.

Sage Daniels
Sage Daniels
Sage is a news reporter stationed in Campbell River, B.C. He went to college for Radio Broadcasting in Toronto, where he worked in his college newsroom. When Sage isn't in his office, he's likely in the bush, fishing or playing his bass guitar.

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