Rescue crews are actively trying to find a helicopter that went missing east of Revelstoke, B.C., in Glacier National Park on Saturday.
An RCMP spokesperson told CBC News they received a report of a missing helicopter shortly before 7 p.m. PT Friday, and crews on the ground were still searching for the chopper around 1:30 p.m. PT Saturday.
Capt. Pedram Mohyeddin, a spokesperson for Maritime Forces Pacific, said the forces had received word of an overdue private helicopter at around 8:40 p.m. PT in the Revelstoke area.
Revelstoke is a resort community in the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, located 400 kilometres northeast of Vancouver and 289 kilometres west
