"Evergreen Helicopters of Alaska is deeply saddened by
the announcement made this afternoon by the ARCC and the Alaska
State Troopers that they are suspending their search efforts. Along
with everyone else in the community, we had hoped and prayed for a
more positive outcome."
Source: From a release by Evergreen
Helicopters, following the halt of the official search for its
missing Eurocopter BK117. The helo went missing with four onboard
December 3, and debris and the body of one of the persons onboard
was recovered Saturday. Drift patterns based on winds, tides and
waves in Passage Canal make it a strong possibility the helo
crashed there, and that the body and the debris drifted west;
Alaska State Troopers announced the search efforts were