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New Zealand mountain guide becomes 4th fatality in Terrace helicopter crash

Heli-skiing company says three bodies have now been retrieved from Terrace backcountry
Thom Barker
Thom Barker
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Lewis Ainsworth, a guide employed by Northern Escape Heli Skiing was one of four people injured in a helicopter crash north of Terrace Jan. 22. Ainsworth, a New Zealander, succumbed to his injuries becoming the fourth fatality in the incident. (New Zealand Mountain Guides Association/Facebook)

The RCMP has confirmed a fourth person is dead following a helicopter crash in the mountains north of Terrace Jan. 22.

A radio station in New Zealand identified Lewis Ainsworth as a helicopter passenger who was originally injured and flown to hospital, but has since succumbed to his injuries.

Radio New Zealand (RNZ) said Ainsworth was the 35-year-old president of the New Zealand Mountain Guides Association (NZMGA) and accredited by the International Federation of Mountain Guides Associations.

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Thom Barker

About the Author: Thom Barker

After graduating with a geology degree from Carleton University and taking a detour through the high tech business, Thom started his journalism career as a fact-checker for a magazine in Ottawa in 2002.
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