RCMP names helicopter pilot killed in crash
Posted March 31, 2012 3:24 pm.
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RCMP have released the name the pilot who was killed when a sightseeing helicopter crashed near Banff National Park.
Matthew Goodine, 28, of B.C., was seriously injured Friday when the helicopter operated by Kananaskis Heli Tours hit Grotto Mountain, a peak just outside of Canmore, Alta.
Goodine died while being airlifted to hospital in Calgary.
Two British couples suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the crash and police say they have been released from hospital.
RCMP say the crash investigation is continuing.
Police say it started to snow around the time of the crash and it was windy and snowing all day off and on.
The weather impeded rescue efforts, police say.
Police say it took several hours to get all of the victims out of the wrecked chopper and to hospitals.
