Matt Molnar
2009-06-10, 12:38 PM
Search on for missing chopper in New Mexico (http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/10/new.mexico.missing.chopper/index.html?eref=rss_topstories)
(CNN) -- Rescuers trekking across a New Mexico mountain in search of a missing state police helicopter early Wednesday could be a mile away from the aircraft, a state official told CNN.
Members of a rescue team gather at a command center early Wednesday in the hunt for the missing copter.
A team of about 25 volunteers endured bitter cold, heavy snowfall and poor visibility as they scoured the wilderness for the helicopter -- missing shortly after it picked up a lost hiker in the Santa Fe National Forest, said Peter Olson, a spokesman for the New Mexico Department of Public Safety.
At one point, searchers thought they were within a half-mile of a transponder signal. Olson said searchers now believe the signal from the craft indicates it could be a mile away from them. [Full Article (http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/10/new.mexico.missing.chopper/index.html?eref=rss_topstories)]
(CNN) -- Rescuers trekking across a New Mexico mountain in search of a missing state police helicopter early Wednesday could be a mile away from the aircraft, a state official told CNN.
Members of a rescue team gather at a command center early Wednesday in the hunt for the missing copter.
A team of about 25 volunteers endured bitter cold, heavy snowfall and poor visibility as they scoured the wilderness for the helicopter -- missing shortly after it picked up a lost hiker in the Santa Fe National Forest, said Peter Olson, a spokesman for the New Mexico Department of Public Safety.
At one point, searchers thought they were within a half-mile of a transponder signal. Olson said searchers now believe the signal from the craft indicates it could be a mile away from them. [Full Article (http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/10/new.mexico.missing.chopper/index.html?eref=rss_topstories)]