About this episode

The episode discusses a helicopter crash on the B.C. coast that resulted in two fatalities and an ongoing investigation.

Two people have been killed in the crash of a small helicopter on the B.C. coast. West Coast Helicopters says one of its Hughes 500 choppers went down in a remote area north of Vancouver Island early Tuesday morning, killing two forestry workers. Another person survived. TSB investigators are spending their Wednesday at the crash site, trying to figure out why it happened.

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