Canada At A Glance: AM.

Resource News International, February, 2006

Byline: Resource News International

WINNIPEG, MB, Feb 03, 2006 (Resource News International via COMTEX) -- The following is a quick glimpse of the news making the headlines in Canada.

SEA KING CRASHES OFF DANISH COAST

HALIFAX - Five crew were plucked from the ocean off Denmark on Thursday after a Sea King helicopter crashed while practising night landings on a Canadian destroyer.

A navy official in Halifax said the crewmen were treated on HMCS Athabaskan for "very minor injuries" but were otherwise fine. "Everyone is A-OK," Cmdr. Chris Dickinson said in an interview from the ship. "An exciting evening. The kind we don't want to see."

It wasn't known if the crash was caused by mechanical failure or a mistake by the chopper's...

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