DarkHelmet
Adventurer
Another sad one. I was part of a six person, technical rescue team that went in. It was nasty terrain, and just unpleasant all around. This is my least favorite part of being a SAR volunteer.
Search and Rescue crews find body of missing pilot in plane wreckage near Atlanta
Chalk 1 enroute to the scene:
Crossing snow fields from our drop-off zone to the crash scene:
On scene. The pic is a bit deceptive as spire is where the plane impacted but the recovery area was not quite that steep... almost, but not quite.
Me, on scene.
Chalk 2 inbound to pick up four of the six team members at the original drop-off point:
Chalk 1 hoisting our two remaining team members from the crash scene. We remained on station as backup as our aircraft also had a hoist, hoist operator and deployer (delta), just in case we were needed:
Search and Rescue crews find body of missing pilot in plane wreckage near Atlanta
Chalk 1 enroute to the scene:
Crossing snow fields from our drop-off zone to the crash scene:
On scene. The pic is a bit deceptive as spire is where the plane impacted but the recovery area was not quite that steep... almost, but not quite.
Me, on scene.
Chalk 2 inbound to pick up four of the six team members at the original drop-off point:
Chalk 1 hoisting our two remaining team members from the crash scene. We remained on station as backup as our aircraft also had a hoist, hoist operator and deployer (delta), just in case we were needed: