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UPDATE
Helicopter has been located and family is being notified per Barren County.
Per Muhlenberg County Emergency Management
MISSING HELICOPTER COULD BE DOWN IN REGION. OFFICIALS ASK RESIDENTS TO CHECK PROPERTY.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
Emergency management officials are asking residents of the region to check their property for a crashed or landed helicopter and its pilot.
Glasgow\Barren County Emergency Management Deputy Director Marcus Thurman said contact has been lost with a small executive helicopter that was flying through the area over the weekend.
The last contact officials had with the aircraft was late Saturday night in Ohio County.
“The pilot was flying below radar to avoid storms is what is believed to (have) happen[ed],” Thurman said. “During this time contact (was) lost, agencies have pinged his phone and iPad and (his) last location was Ohio County.”
Thurman added that hunters observed the helicopter in Ohio County. They told officials the helicopter was flying in a southeasterly direction.
Late Sunday night, emergency management officials said that search and rescue pilots will focus efforts Monday morning on several areas, including Mammoth Cave National Park, where several witnesses claim to have spotted a low-flying helicopter.
No information on the pilot has been released.
Anyone who finds helicopter wreckage or a landed helicopter on your property is asked to contact local law enforcement.
(Photo of missing helicopter and pilot courtesy of Glasgow/Barren County Emergency Management)
Original source can be found here.
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