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Rescue Operation On For Antarctic Twin Otter

srgalahad

srgalahad

Charter Member 2022
Rescue Operation On For Antarctic Twin Otter Crew

A Canadian company that made a high-profile and risky rescue flight to Antarctica 12 years ago is the subject itself of a search and rescue operation in a mountainous area of the continent. The Kenn Borek Air Twin Otter is presumed to have gone down on a flight from the South Pole to an Italian base on the coast. There are three Canadian crew members on board. The aircraft's emergency locator transmitter began broadcasting about 10 p.m. Wednesday and a U.S. C-130 flew over the area but was unable to see anything because of the weather. Heavy snow and winds up to 100 mph are ripping the area. Calgary-based Kenn Borek earned international fame in 2001 when its Twin Otters plucked a critically ill doctor from the South Pole.

The winter flight was unprecedented and was ordered when a doctor at the South Pole station came down with pancreatitis and needed to be evacuated. Two Twin Otters made the risky flight and took off in windy weather that took the wind chill to more than 100 degrees below zero.
http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/2422-full.html#208062

Additional info at:
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/plane-carrying-3-canadians-goes-missing-in-antarctica-1.1126539
http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/8216948/South-Pole-flight-lost
http://explorersweb.com/polar/news.php?id=21234
 
***HEAVY SIGH***

Direct from Kenn Borek Air:
PRESS RELEASE - KENN BOREK AIR LTD. - JANUARY 25, 2013
Friday evening Calgary time, a C130 Hercules aircraft of the New York Air National Guard made visual contact with the overdue aircraft in Antarctica. The sighting was confirmed approximately thirty minutes later by a Kenn Borek Air Ltd. Twin Otter aircraft deployed in a search and rescue (SAR) role. The crew of the SAR Twin Otter reports that the overdue aircraft impacted a steep snow and ice covered mountain slope. No signs of activity are evident in the area surrounding the site, and it appears that the impact was not survivable.
Due to the terrain and ongoing weather conditions, the SAR Twin Otter was unable to land near the site. Subject to favourable weather conditions, helicopter crews and mountain rescue personnel will attempt to access the accident site Saturday morning Calgary local time.
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Rest in peace, crew. :salute:
 
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