NATASHQUAN — A search has resumed for four people who are missing after a medical transport helicopter crashed on Quebec’s North Shore during a rescue operation.
The Airmedic helicopter was involved in an accident around 10:30 p.m. Friday near Natashquan, Que., just over 1,000 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
Airmedic said in a statement Sunday that it has suspended its operations in order to offer support to its employees.
The company says police and search-and-rescue teams have been looking for the missing people from the air, on the ground and in the water.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says the helicopter was in the process of a medical evacuation when it crashed into a lake shortly after takeoff with five people aboard.
One crew member was rescued and Airmedic says their life is not in danger.
