News - Helicopter, planes crash in Canada, Australia, Colombia

The search teams have managed to find the helicopter that crashed in the mountains of the Canadian province of British Columbia, and its pilot was killed, CTV reported. The search for the private helicopter began Friday in the mountains of Canada's Glacier National Park. The helicopter was flying from Calgary, which is located in the neighboring province of Alberta. The identity of the deceased pilot was not noted. Separately, a plane carrying ten passengers crashed in northeastern Australia, and two people were hospitalized, ABC radio informed. The small plane flipped while landing on Lizard Island, located 250 kilometers north of Cairns, in the ocean. There were nine adults and one child on the plane. Two passengers were seriously injured and hospitalized, whereas the others were treated on the spot. Two rescue helicopters and one Royal Flying Doctors service plane were sent to bring the crash victims to the island. The police are trying to find out the reasons and circumstances of the incident. And at least one person was killed near Valledupar, Colombia as a result of the crash of the Cessna 421 plane, which was transporting doctors, El Tiempo newspaper reported. Mayor Ernesto Orozco Duran confirmed this plane crash, but did not specify the number of victims. According to El Tiempo, there were six people on the plane that was supposed to bring an 11-year-old boy to Bogota for treatment. One of the doctors accompanying the child died. The survivors were hospitalized. The causes of this plane crash have not yet been determined. According to the authorities, the pilot had informed about the malfunction on the plane and tried to return to the airport.