The Victoria Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) is searching between Merritt and Hope, B.C. for a missing Cessna 182 with two people on board.
The search was activated at around 11 a.m. on Thursday for the small plane that departed from Calgary two hours earlier.
It was flying a route to Kelowna to Hope to Boundary Bay with a planned landing in Nanaimo.
JRCC Victoria has dispatched a helicopter looking for any sign of the plane.
Current weather conditions in the area are hampering search efforts, with low-lying clouds and rain in the region.
JRCC Victoria is working with both the RCMP and Ground Search and Rescue (G-SAR) in Hope.
Search underway for missing aircraft with two passengers aboard between Merritt and Hope
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Search underway for missing aircraft with two passengers aboard between Merritt and Hope
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Re: Search underway for missing aircraft with two passengers aboard between Merritt and Hope
Sounds like they are looking at the Summit of the Coquihalla.
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Re: Search underway for missing aircraft with two passengers aboard between Merritt and Hope
Aircraft has been found. Both occupants deceased, sadly.
Re: Search underway for missing aircraft with two passengers aboard between Merritt and Hope
that's very close to that snow shed up there isn't it ? they were almost outta all the bad weather in the hills, so sad
Re: Search underway for missing aircraft with two passengers aboard between Merritt and Hope
CADORS report from the TSB:
Update TSB Report #A18P0090: A privately operated Cessna 182P aircraft, was on a VFR flight plan from Calgary/Springbank, AB (CYBW) to Nanaimo, BC (CYCD) with two persons on board. The pilot was in contact initially with Kelowna sector Air Traffic Services to provide flight following. At a point during cruise flight, the pilot was advised that radar service was terminated. Approximately 30 minutes later, the aircraft collided with a mountain at an elevation of about 5800’ ASL. The aircraft had been observed following the Coquihalla Highway at very low altitude due to a ceiling of approximately 300’ AGL. The aircraft was equipped with a Garmin ADS-B antenna and was identified by the NavCanada Aireon satellite system. The last recorded target placed the aircraft in a climb at 5200’ feet ASL. It had turned right into a valley, away from the highway, and collided with a granite mountain slope. Both occupants were fatally injured. The aircraft was destroyed and mostly consumed by fire.
