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AS350 Plucks Alaska Climber at nearly 20,000 feet

A Eurocopter AS350 B3 performed one of the highest-altitude rescues on record in May when it rescued an injured climber off Alaska’s Mount McKinley just be

By Mark Huber • Contributor

June 24, 2011

A Eurocopter AS350 B3 performed one of the highest-altitude rescues on record in May when it rescued an injured climber off Alaska’s Mount McKinley just below the summit at 19,833 feet. Temsco was operating the helicopter under an exclusive-use contract for the National Park Service in the Denali National Park and Preserve. The climber had broken a leg in a fall. Rescue conditions were less than ideal, with gusty wind and extreme cold.

Temsco pilot Andreas Hermansky said he knew the helicopter could handle the rescue because he had previously flown it to McKinley’s summit at 20,320 feet on several occasions. Temsco worked with Eurocopter in shaping development of the B3 based on its continuing requirements for high-altitude work for search-and-rescue, geological surveys, field work, firefighting and construction.

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