Missing helicopter between Sudbury and Kapuskasing

[Heliian]

https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/kapu ... ay-1309611

Last seen leaving YSB Monday @ 18:45, headed to their hangar near Kapuskasing. R66 with 2 on board.

They were reported missing on Wednesday morning. They allegedly had some survival equipment and a sat phone.

Signals last seen near gogama,still a huge uninhabited area.

I hope they are okay.

[J31]

Sounds like no flight plan, no tracking, over 36 hours before the search stated. Night flight over sparsely settled area.

I hope the outcome is positive but it is not looking good.

Why are folks still going missing in aircraft with great tracking devices available?

[goingnowherefast]

Not that it helps this at all, but I don't fly anywhere without GPS tracking. A SPOT tracker is a cheap an effective solution. Push the SOS button before hitting the trees, and the hercs are coming for you. They cost less than $200, certantly less than a tank of gas.

[Heliian]

https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/kapu ... ay-1309611

Updated, narrowed search area.

[digits_]

Why are folks still going missing in aircraft with great tracking devices available?

Because the tracking devices are being paid for by the private operators whereas the search and rescue is provided for free by the government.

I wish I was joking, but I have a feeling it is an important factor...

This is all in general, nothing specifically related to this accident or operator.

[JasonE]

Not that it helps this at all, but I don't fly anywhere without GPS tracking. A SPOT tracker is a cheap an effective solution. Push the SOS button before hitting the trees, and the hercs are coming for you. They cost less than $200, certantly less than a tank of gas.

For those who put all their faith into Spot read this thread: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php? ... 1618504090

Short of the story - his SOS signal did not work. Green lights on the device, no sign of malfunction.

[waterdog]

Not to contribute to the thread creep, but spot has had some issues along with some customer service problems. I went to garmin inreach mini, it’s a little more money but worth it. I hadn’t thought of pressing sos on the way down! That’s a great idea, that I hope I never need!
Hope the missing are found fast, thoughts and prayers to them.

[Heliian]

Not to contribute to the thread creep, but spot has had some issues along with some customer service problems. I went to garmin inreach mini, it’s a little more money but worth it. I hadn’t thought of pressing sos on the way down! That’s a great idea, that I hope I never need!
Hope the missing are found fast, thoughts and prayers to them.

Someone should just make another topic in general comments about gps devices, this is not the place.

[ykzrampie]

Sadly, the couple has been found.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/ ... -1.5052013

[Moose47]

Here is an aerial photo of the crash site.

2019-03-11-crash-site-sup-(1).jpg (1.11 MiB) Viewed 1199 times

[JasonE]

Wow - kudos to the spotter that eyed it.