ANCHORAGE – A helicopter carrying guides and guests on a heli-skiing excursion north of Anchorage slammed to a mountain and then rolled hundreds of feet downhill, killing the pilot and four of the five passengers, officials said Monday.
Among the dead in the Saturday evening crash was billionaire Petr Kellner, the richest man in the Czech Republic. The survivor, David Horvath, 48, of the Czech Republic, was listed in serious condition, said Mike Canfield, spokesman at Providence Alaska Medical Center here.
The five people killed were identified as Kellner, 56, and Benjamin Larochaix, 50, both of the Czech Republic; Gregory Harms, 52, of Colorado; and two Alaska residents, Sean McManamy, 38, of Girdwood, and pilot, Zachary Russel, 33, of Anchorage.(AP)
