An Island-based helicopter company says two men died in a helicopter crash Tuesday morning in an area between Knight Inlet and Bute Inlet. One person survived the crash of the Hughes 500 helicopter, which went down about 6:15 a.m. while in the Loughborough Inlet area for forestry operations. West Coast Helicopters, whose main base is in Port McNeill, said in a social-media post that one of the two men who died was Riley Browne, who started his flying career with West Coast in 2021, and was “one of the pillars of the company.” Also killed was Bobby Nowak of Campbell River-based Crowhurst Forest Management Group, who the company called “a great guy.” …A Cormorant helicopter and a Kingfisher aircraft were deployed from 19 Wing Comox. Search-and-rescue crews located the helicopter and recovered three people, then transferred them to local health services, the centre said.