NM rescuers approach signal from missing police helicopter that disappeared in high mountains
By APWednesday, June 10, 2009
Rescuers near signal from missing NM helicopter
SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico authorities say rescue teams are within a half-mile of the snow-covered mountain area where they expect to find a State Police helicopter that went missing near Santa Fe.
Department of Public Safety spokesman Peter Olson said Wednesday the team was on foot hiking through snow and rain in the early morning darkness near the top of 12,000-foot Santa Fe Baldy
That area about 15 miles northeast of Santa Fe is where they picked up a weak signal from a State Police helicopter that went missing Tuesday night shortly after it picked up a lost hiker.
The pilot reported trouble in his last radio transmission at about 9 p.m. A spotter was also on board.
Olson said the team has not yet found any wreckage.
