OPPOn Wednesday, September 9, 2015, at 5:55 pm, South Porcupine Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) Trenton were advised of an overdue helicopter with two people on board.

The helicopter left Horwood Lake Camp on September 8, 2015 at 8:30 pm and where travelling to a camp approximately 10 km south west.

JRCC currently has their Hercules aircraft and a Griffin helicopter as well as two civilian aircrafts assisting with the search.  Officers with the Foleyet and South Porcupine Detachment as well as ERT are conducting ground search.

More information will be provided as it becomes available.