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MORE REMAINS WERE FOUND IN THE SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS IN THE CRASH OF A CANADIAN MILITARY HELICOPTER....NOW THE SEARCH SADLY TURNS TO RECOVERY EFFORTS!........- After scouring a littered seascape with its NATO allies, a Canadian Forces warship formally ended its search for survivors Friday after its maritime helicopter crashed off the coast of Greece.The search for five lost crew in the Wednesday Cyclone helicopter crash formally ended after three days, the Canadian Forces said.Six military personnel were aboard the helicopter when it went down in the Mediterranean Sea as it was returning to the Halifax-based frigate, HMCS Fredericton.Related StoriesSix crew members on crashed helicopter identified; 1 dead, 5 missing

Canadian NATO helicopter involved in incident off the coast of Greece- Search efforts transition to recovery mission following helicopter accident"This decision was not taken lightly," Rear Admiral Craig Baines, the commander of the navy's maritime command, told reporters on a windswept pier in Halifax.The Fredericton, as well as Turkish, Italian, Greek ships, helicopters and planes, thoroughly searched the area for survivors and came up short, he said."While searches on the sea are never easy, these units have completely saturated the area for the duration of the search over a known crash location," said Baines. "So we are certain that if there were survivors, we would have found them within the past 48 hours."