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2 killed in helicopter crash on Alaska’s remote North Slope, NTSB says

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A helicopter crash killed two people on Alaska’s remote North Slope on Wednesday, the National Transportation Safety Board said.

NTSB Alaska Chief Clint Johnson said the agency was notified of a missing helicopter Wednesday afternoon and found wreckage from a crash roughly 30 miles (48 kilometers) west of Deadhorse, news outlets reported.

The safety board is investigating. It said in a social media post that the helicopter was a Robinson R-66 that went down near the Kuparuk oil field.

No further information was immediately released.

In 2023, a helicopter carrying a pilot and three state workers crashed in a shallow lake in the North Slope region.

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