Helicopter crash Quebec kills 3 adults, 1 child

SAINT-FERDINAND, QUE. – Four people are dead after a helicopter crashed late Saturday night in the central Quebec town of Saint-Ferdinand, about 200 km northeast of Montreal.

The cause of the crash is still unknown.

Provincial police have not released the identities of the victims but according to QMI Agency sources, all four passengers were part of the same family who lived on Quebec City’s south shore.

Sources said the pilot was a businessman in the construction industry and his wife, son, and young granddaughter were on board when the aircraft crashed in a wooded area about 50 metres from the small Saint-Ferdinand airport.

The Robinson R44 helicopter left from Saint-Ferdinand and was on its way to Levis, just south of Quebec City.

Provincial police were notified of a possible crash at 10:40 p.m.

Saturday night and found the wreckage and all four dead passengers two hours later.

The Transportation and Safety Board of Canada has taken over the investigation.

Safety board spokesperson Chris Krepski said that two investigators were on the scene.

He said the aircraft, which was privately owned, was destroyed but there was no post-crash fire.

Investigators are trying to determine the cause of the crash by analyzing the wreckage, the safety reports of the aircraft and the flight history of the pilot.

Source: http://www.montrealgazette.com

ST-FERDINAND, QUE.—Four people have died in a helicopter crash near St-Ferdinand, some 115 kilometres south of Quebec City.

Officials say the helicopter went down around 9:15 p.m. Saturday in a remote wooded area.

Quebec provincial police received a call around 11 p.m. and arrived at the crash site around midnight.

The victims were two men, one woman and one child but their names have not been released.

Two investigators from the federal Transportation Safety Board are on the scene.

Chris Krepski, a spokesman for the safety board, says investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the accident.

The helicopter, a Robinson R44, was not required to contain a black box, Krepski said.

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