A Facebook post from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources said the three scientists were with the Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys and were doing field survey work outside Utqiagvik. The crash is being investigated by the NTSB.
This photo provided by North Slope Borough shows an aerial view of a shallow lake where a helicopter crashed on Alaska's North Slope near Utqiagvik, Alaska, Thursday, July 20, 2023. A North Slope Borough search and rescue team in a helicopter found debris matching the description of the missing helicopter, but officials said no bodies of the pilot or three passengers had been seen or recovered.
Search and rescue divers recovered the bodies of three scientists and a helicopter pilot Sunday from the wreckage of their aircraft, which went down in a lake last week in Alaska's North Slope.The passengers killed in the crash were identified by the North Slope Police Department as Ronald Daanen, 51, and Justin Germann, 27, both from Fairbanks; Tori Moore, 26, of South Bend, Indiana; and pilot Bernard “Tony” Higdon, 48, of North Pole, Alaska.
A Facebook post from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources said Daanen, Germann and Moore were with the Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys and were doing field survey work outside Utqiagvik.“The Department is beginning the process of grieving for our colleagues, supporting our team through this challenging time, and working with partner agencies to learn everything we can about this incident,” the post said.
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