La mission de recherche et sauvetage a été confiée à 21 h 50 à un hélicoptère de la Défense nationale qui quitte Gander 50 minutes plus tard, soit à 22 h 40.
On board, my good friend Captain Larry Parsons and his friend, Christopher Oram, lost their lives. The Department of National Defence helicopter at Gander was tasked at 21:50 and left Gander at 22:40, 50 minutes later.