Search Underway For Helicopter Missing In Louisiana Swamp

Right now, rescue crews are on the scene of a civilian helicopter crash in Iberia Parish. According to Sheriff Louis Ackal, the crash happened in the Atchafalaya Basin in the Iberia Parish panhandle. Ackal says at least one person is in the water. He says Iberia and St. Mary Parish sheriff’s deputies, Wildlife and Fisheries agents, and Coast Guard officials are on the scene searching for wreckage and the people on board the helicopter. Louisiana State Police is also joining the search, using their helicopter to track heat signatures in the water.