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Four military jets and eight civilians scour British Columbia in search of missing Edmonton plane
The plane was on a flight from Edmonton to Chilliwack when officials were told Friday it was late.
Other military planes have joined the search over central and eastern British Columbia for a missing plane with two people on board.
Lt. Tony Wright of the Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Victoria said a Buffalo plane and a Cormorant helicopter were in the air at dawn Monday, focusing on a section of Highway 5 north of Kamloops .
Wright says information from the cell tower and radar suggests that the private two-seater Vans RV6 aircraft could be located somewhere near Blue River, more than 400 kilometers southwest of Edmonton.
The plane was on a flight from Edmonton to Chilliwack when officials were told Friday it was late.
Wright says two more military planes are joining Monday’s search and eight Civil Aviation Search and Rescue Association planes are also helping.
Search efforts were put to the test by bad weather over the weekend and Wright says low visibility, light rain and snow at high altitudes remain an issue, although he calls typical conditions for this time of year.
“Based on the experience of the search and rescue community, as long as there is a chance of survival, we will continue,†Wright said.
“We have restricted the search to a northern part of this corridor from Highway 5 to Valemount and we are focusing more on the Blue River area.
Wright says the research will continue “as long as it is safe and we have some visibility.”
The Canadian Press
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