alimaui
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UPDATE: Helicopter Crash (altitude related)
updated: 2:29 p.m.
MOUNT HOOD - An Airforce Blackhawk helicopter assisting in the rescue effort on Mount Hood has crashed below the area of the rescue.
A four man crew was on board and one person is critically injured according to Angie Blanchard with Clackamas County Sheriff's Department.
Blanchard says assistance from rescue crews in Salem and the 1042 National Guard Division have arrived on Mt. Hood.
Authorities believe the extreme thin air at the summit of Mt. Hood could have contributed to the crash.
katu.com will have more information as it becomes available.
Nine climbers fell into a crevasse near the summit of Mount Hood on Thursday and three of them were dead, officials said. Others were injured and rescue workers were trying to reach them.
"We do have three deceased people up there," said Angela Blanchard, Clackamas County sheriff's spokeswoman.
Blanchard said three of the nine climbers were critically injured.
Two of the critcally injured are being transported to Legacy Emanuel Hospital, OHSU will take the the other.
The first two of three critically injured climbers have been air-lifted off of Mt. Hood.
The three other seriously injured climbers are expected to be transported via ambulance to a hospital near Mount Hood.
Two groups of climbers were about 800 feet from the 11,240 summit of the tallest mountain in Oregon when they fell into a crevasse about 9 a.m., she said. The call for help came from a Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue paramedic with the group who used his cell phone.
Tim Birr with TVFR confirmed that six firefighters with TVFR are on the mountain for a recreational climb, but it is not known if they were involved in the accident.
http://katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=46784
My words:
I hate watching the news when they are speculating about causes and reactions.
Ali
updated: 2:29 p.m.
MOUNT HOOD - An Airforce Blackhawk helicopter assisting in the rescue effort on Mount Hood has crashed below the area of the rescue.
A four man crew was on board and one person is critically injured according to Angie Blanchard with Clackamas County Sheriff's Department.
Blanchard says assistance from rescue crews in Salem and the 1042 National Guard Division have arrived on Mt. Hood.
Authorities believe the extreme thin air at the summit of Mt. Hood could have contributed to the crash.
katu.com will have more information as it becomes available.
Nine climbers fell into a crevasse near the summit of Mount Hood on Thursday and three of them were dead, officials said. Others were injured and rescue workers were trying to reach them.
"We do have three deceased people up there," said Angela Blanchard, Clackamas County sheriff's spokeswoman.
Blanchard said three of the nine climbers were critically injured.
Two of the critcally injured are being transported to Legacy Emanuel Hospital, OHSU will take the the other.
The first two of three critically injured climbers have been air-lifted off of Mt. Hood.
The three other seriously injured climbers are expected to be transported via ambulance to a hospital near Mount Hood.
Two groups of climbers were about 800 feet from the 11,240 summit of the tallest mountain in Oregon when they fell into a crevasse about 9 a.m., she said. The call for help came from a Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue paramedic with the group who used his cell phone.
Tim Birr with TVFR confirmed that six firefighters with TVFR are on the mountain for a recreational climb, but it is not known if they were involved in the accident.
http://katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=46784
My words:
I hate watching the news when they are speculating about causes and reactions.
Ali
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