HALIFAX - A privately owned helicopter has crashed in a remote, wooded area of northern Labrador, killing the pilot, the sole person on board.
Officials had few details, but believe the Newfoundland Helicopters Ltd. aircraft crashed and caught fire at 10:45 a.m. local time.
A military Cormorant helicopter arrived at the scene near Postville, about 180 kilometres northeast Goose Bay, shortly after noon.
"They discovered that there was a fire where the plane had crashed, but exact circumstances are still being investigated,'' RCMP Sgt. Wayne Newell said from St. John's.
Newell said the body was retrieved from the site, but he didn't reveal the pilot's identity since next of kin were being notified.
He didn't know where the helicopter began its trip or where it was heading.
A police boat and police plane were headed to the crash site near the small community that is only accessible by boat or plane.
Lt. Ryan Langille, spokesman for the rescue co-ordination centre, said the Cormorant had been diverted from an exercise to help.
