Search for ’copter crew

The search was still going on in Chile today for the three-man crew of a task force Sea King helicopter which was lost “in appalling weather” while trying to reach the Chilean Naval base of Punta Arenas for an emergency landing. The whereabouts and condition of the crew are a total mystery.

This is the sixth helicopter the task force has lost during the Falklands operation, including three Sea Kings that went down in the sea with mechanical problems.