May 17, 2007: Alabama CAP Finds Site of Fatal Helicopter Crash

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On this date, members of the Alabama Civil Air Patrol found the crash site of a fatal helicopter crash.

An excerpt from KTKA-TV.

Rescue crews recovered the body of John Scott, 26, of Pomona (Kansas), after a two-day search.

He was flying alone from Lakeland, Fla. to Topeka, when the helicopter crashed in a heavily forested region of north Alabama Sunday.

The helicopter went down in the Bankhead National Forest, which covers about 180,000-acres. Scott was found dead in the wreckage.

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