VIDEO: Man documents plane crash and rescue from the remote Canadian wilderness

It’s no secret that search and rescue crews across Canada do an incredible job.

Tasked with difficult and often dangerous rescues, hundreds of men and women give up their weekends and evenings to make sure people get brought home safe from the wilderness.

In late July, Matt Lehtinen was flying his small plane in the remote wilderness of Quebec when it went down into the trees.

Despite the seriousness of his situation, the well-prepared Lehtinen decided to film his experience so that “people could learn from this experience.”

After crashing at 9:15 am, Lehtinen immediately gets his SOS signal out and then creates a fire to send a smoke signal above the treeline.

Otherwise, the pilot and his plane were virtually hidden from sight by the dense forest with little-to-no chance at a rescue.

Soon after, he receives a return message on his SOS device saying that one of the aircraft looking for him had spotted the smoke.

Around 2:15 pm, the C130 flies over him and drops a radio so Lehtinen can communicate with rescues and it’s only a matter of time before a helicopter zeroes in on his location.

Two search and rescue techs then perform a long-line rescue, carrying Matt to safety and ending his five-plus hour ordeal.

The end of the video shows the landscape from above, hammering home how incredibly difficult finding a lost person and even a lost plane is in this type of remote environment.

Many different moving pieces and trained personnel were involved in Lehtinen’s rescue and three of them even commented on the video on YouTube.

“I’m glad you’re safe, Matt,” said Nicolas Brouard. “I am one of the two SAR tech(s) that went (to) pick you up on the ground.”

Another SAR tech, who goes by Steph_Dez on YouTube, was the one who dropped Lehtinen the radio from the passing plane and said he “was really relieved to finally hear your voice on the comms!”

Luckily, Lehtinen’s experience in the woods was relatively short and he made it out unscathed.

Hopefully his video convinces others to ensure they’re fully prepared for any adventure, whether it be a flight, bike or hike.