No sign of helicopter after report of crash in Pascagoula River, official says
Coast agencies are searching for a possible downed helicopter, a Jackson County official said, but nothing has been found so far.
Jackson County Emergency Management Agency Director Earl Etheridge said just after 7 p.m. that boats from Jackson County Sheriff’s Department and the Department of Marine Resources were out searching the Pascagoula River.
WLOX-TV reported a helicopter had gone down in the river north of Interstate 10.
Etheride said no evidence of a crash has yet been found, but a marsh fire has been burning in the area.
A possible report of downed helicopter came in to the sheriff’s department earlier Friday, he said.
The Sun Herald will update this story as more information is available.
Lauren Walck
Sun Herald