Rescuers search Revelstoke area for missing plane with two aboard
Posted November 27, 2017 12:03 pm.
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VICTORIA – A search has resumed in southeastern BC for a small plane that disappeared Saturday on a flight from Penticton to Edmonton with two people aboard.
Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre spokeswoman Lt. Melissa Kia says three helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft are focusing the search in an area about 45 kilometres northeast of Revelstoke.
Kia says that is where a radar satellite signal was picked up Saturday, along with a cellphone signal recorded by a cellular tower in the same area.
Kia says Monday’s search will extend into the Rogers Pass region.
She says low cloud and rain are hampering efforts to spot the downed plane in the mountainous terrain and the lack of specific detail about a possible location means a ground search is not being considered.
The centre has not released any information about the pilot or passenger aboard the plane, however family has identified the pilot as Dominic Neron from Alberta.
