Men Rescued From Plane Crash by Salem Based Oregon Guard Helicopter

The two men were spotted late Monday night by the Guard crew in an OH-58 Kiowa who relayed their location to officials leading the search.

Air Guard Kiowa helicopter

(ODELL LAKE) - Klamath County Sheriff Tim Evinger reports that two men were hoisted from the airplane crash scene at Odell Lake late Tuesday morning and have been transported by Oregon Army National Guard crews to St. Charles Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. The men were recovered around 11:00 AM.

A helicopter crew from the Oregon Army National Guard conducted hoist extractions for both victims and took them to Saint Charles Medical Center in Bend. The two men are identified as 24-year old Justin Hall of Portland, and 21-year old Josh Stohr of Eugene.

The Guard was called on by the Klamath County Sheriff's Office through the Office of Emergency Management to conduct the hoist missions because a ground extraction was impractical for the injured victims.

The two men were spotted late Monday night by the Guard crew in an OH-58 Kiowa who relayed their location to officials leading the search.

The OH-58 and the UH-60s used in the rescue are based out of Salem. The Oregon Guard supports civil authorities' dozens of times each year throughout the state with search and rescue operations.