Investigators hope that a data recording device similar to the ones in most cars and trucks will yield clues about a helicopter crash in Iberia Parish.
Authorities immediately became concerned when the Gulf Coast Helicopters aircraft, which was surveying pipeline in the area, did not arrive at a scheduled refueling stop in Patterson. The Civil Air Patrol began combing the area shortly thereafter; by evening, several other agencies, including the Coast Guard and the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office, had joined the search. Rescuers soon found the wreckage of the helicopter in the Atchafalaya Basin, and removed the lifeless body of the 29-year-old pilot. [Read more…] about Mysterious Crash In Swamps Southeast Of Lake Charles
