{"id":17988,"date":"2022-12-17T06:51:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T06:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/17\/video-wildlife-researchers-survive-helicopter-crash-in-utah\/"},"modified":"2022-12-17T06:51:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T06:51:22","slug":"video-wildlife-researchers-survive-helicopter-crash-in-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/17\/video-wildlife-researchers-survive-helicopter-crash-in-utah\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Wildlife Researchers Survive Helicopter Crash in Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">A helicopter crew with the Utah Department of Public Safety pulled off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1UM5SOm5tBM&amp;ab_channel=OutdoorLife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a powerful, high-altitude rescue<\/a> final Thursday within the La Sal Mountains close to Moab. The crew rescued a gaggle of three wildlife researchers, who had been collaring mountain goats within the space when their very own helicopter crashed right into a cliff. Miraculously, all three of the researchers survived the crash after sustaining solely minor accidents. They had been safely out of the mountains by round 3 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 8.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"1UM5SOm5tBM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watch: Wildlife Researchers Miraculously Survive Helicopter Crash in Utah&#039;s La Sal Mountains\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1UM5SOm5tBM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The group was conducting analysis for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, in accordance with DWR public info officer Faith Jolley. Jolley advised reporters with the <a href=\"https:\/\/moabsunnews.com\/2022\/12\/15\/helicopter-crashes-in-la-sal-mountains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Moab Sun News<\/a> that the company had contracted with the non-public firm, Helicopter Wildlife Services, to additional examine the migrations and winter survival charges of mountain goats. (The species will not be native to the La Sals and was launched there in 2013.)<\/p>\n<p>Officials are nonetheless investigating the crash, and Jolley defined that the privately owned helicopter was estimated to be a complete loss. The chopper went down within the Cleaver Chutes Area on Mount Tukuhnikivatz, in accordance with a spokesperson with the U.S. Forest Service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cause of the accident is still under investigation, but the pilot believes it may have been caused by falling rocks, which appear to have hit the blades while the helicopter flew close to the cliff face,\u201d Jolley mentioned yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sjcoso\/posts\/pfbid02anBkf5TDjHJYPieyATQUpd6PB6w9C3eFXgFTHYNs9X4Re8kK2cd65y3o7k9xwe86l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">San Juan County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>, the crash was first reported at roughly 11:15 a.m. on Dec. 8, when \u201ca witness in the area reported a metallic blue helicopter [going] down in steep terrain on the mountain peak but did not see any smoke or fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsjcoso%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0XEYZjuprtCZsQD6F3Zd7t55SFqbfthgNq8rBn8CqkV7tfWNq4GTFLfX7Bn71Nj1Xl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"310\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Because of the distant location, the sheriff\u2019s workplace requested a DPS helicopter to assist with the rescue. The helicopter crew flew to the scene of the crash, the place they had been challenged by the steep alpine terrain. Captain Luke Bowman, who piloted the rescue helicopter, advised reporters that the three researchers had been clinging to a 60- to 70-degree slope on the base of a sheer 1,000-foot cliff. He mentioned it was a miracle they didn\u2019t slide any additional down the snow-covered mountainside. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey had a very steep slope with a lot of runout, and you had an aluminum or metal helicopter that could have slid very easily on that slope,\u201d Bowman mentioned in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13now.com\/news\/local-news\/no-injuries-in-helicopter-crash-involving-wildlife-crew-collaring-mountain-goats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FOX-13 News<\/a>. \u201cI think they were very fortunate to not go tumbling down any further.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After making contact with the three wildlife researchers, rescuers hoisted them into the DPS helicopter one after the other. They had been then flown to a staging space at roughly 3:15 p.m. Medical crews there decided that the researchers had suffered solely minor bumps and bruises within the crash.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v3.2\" id=\"facebook-js-js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A helicopter crew with the Utah Department of Public Safety pulled off a powerful, high-altitude rescue final Thursday within the La Sal Mountains close to Moab. The crew rescued a gaggle of three wildlife researchers, who had been collaring mountain goats within the space when their very own helicopter crashed right into a cliff. 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