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July 8th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Electronic surveillance is being used as the search widens for a helicopter that went down in dense jungle in Papua New Guinea with two Australians and a New Zealander on board.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is awaiting an update on the search that involves seven helicopters as well as a fixed-wing aircraft conducting the electronic surveillance in the area.
The Bell 206 chopper, operated by Hevilift Ltd, disappeared on Friday afternoon near Mt Hagen in PNG’s Southern Highlands with two pilots and an aircraft engineer on board. Mt Hagen is a mountainous region of PNG which has densely forested valleys.
Hevilift group managing director Colin Seymour says the search was widened early on Sunday morning, with several hoist-equipped choppers on standby for when the plane and crew are found.
The efforts also now involve a search-and-rescue officer attached to the joint Australia-New Zealand Task Force which is in PNG to support the national elections.
The Australian High Commission in Port Moresby says the task force is maintaining close contact with the PNG Search and Rescue Coordination Centre, with the Australian high commissioner and NZ’s deputy high commissioner scheduled to fly to Mt Hagen on Sunday.
Mr Seymour says he understands some of the helicopters being used in the search are Australian Defence Force (ADF) choppers.
PNG police were reportedly not involved in the search.
“The search is being run out of Mt Hagen and I understand the search patterns are changing to suit the weather,” Mr Seymour said, adding that he would issue a formal update on Sunday afternoon.
The helicopter was reportedly flying in low cloud with reduced visibility and Hevilift said a mayday call was broadcast about five minutes after the chopper left a drill rig site at 3.25pm (local time) on Friday.
It’s believed those on board were on their way to refuel before returning to their Mt Hagen base.
Hevilift’s managing director Paul Booij, who arrived at Mt Hagen on Saturday, said the company was devastated that colleagues were missing.
“We are all doing everything we can and we are humbled at the response by others to assist us in the search,” Mr Booij said.
The company was in constant communication with the missing workers’ families, he said.
“I cannot begin to imagine what they are going through, it must be just harrowing,” Mr Booij said.
“Everyone here, in this rescue, has their own families and we all know that we cannot let up in our efforts to locate our colleagues.”
The Australian and PNG defence forces, Australian search-and-rescue teams, ExxonMobil PNG workers and Hevilift clients were assisting in the search.
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