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Airmedic suspends operations after Quebec helicopter crash leaves four missing
- On the night of Friday, June 20, 2025, an Airmedic helicopter carrying five individuals went down in a lake close to Natashquan, Quebec, at approximately 10:30 p.m.
- The crash happened shortly after takeoff during a medical evacuation, prompting extensive search efforts involving the Royal Canadian Air Force and provincial police.
- Rescue crews have recovered one crew member whose life is not in danger, while four others remain missing despite ongoing ground, air, and water searches including divers from the Sûreté du Québec.
- Airmedic, a Montreal-based firm providing emergency air medical services throughout Canada, paused its operations on Sunday to focus on supporting its staff and stated that the recent tragedy has profoundly affected their entire team.
- Canada’s Transportation Safety Board and Quebec provincial police have launched an inquiry into the cause of the crash while search operations continue for the missing individuals near Watshishou Lake.
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Police divers recover body of crew member in Airmedic helicopter crash
Provincial police divers have found the body of one of the crew members aboard a medical transport helicopter that crashed on Quebec's North Shore last week. Rescue crews found one survivor last week whose life is not in danger. Search efforts to find the aircraft and three other missing people are ...
1 body recovered from Airmedic helicopter crash on Quebec's North Shore; 3 still missing
The body of one of the four people missing since Friday's Airmedic helicopter crash on Quebec's North Shore was recovered Monday evening. Search efforts to locate the aircraft and the other three individuals still missing are expected to continue Tuesday.
Four people are still missing on the North Shore.
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Third day of searching for four missing in Quebec medical helicopter crash
MONTREAL — Police are spending a third day searching for four people who went missing after a medical transport helicopter crashed on Quebec's North Shore. The Airmedic helicopter crashed into a lake late Friday near Natashquan, Que.
Divers from the Sûté du Québec are continuing their search this Monday in the waters of Lake Watshishou, located in a remote area north of Havre-Saint-Pierre and Natashquan on the North Shore, in order to find four people who were taking place in a helicopter that crashed Friday.
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