Update - 4 killed in Beaver crash in NW Ontario
May 19, 2004. 01:58 PM
4 killed in crash north of Sioux Lookout
CANADIAN PRESS
KENORA - Four people, including three Americans, are believed dead following the crash of a float plane at Fawcett Lake about 110 kilometres north of Sioux Lookout, investigators said today.
The names and hometowns of the victims haven't been released, but an official with the Transportation Safety Board in Winnipeg said three are from the United States.
Peter Hildebrand said police divers hoped to recover the bodies this afternoon. A pilot and three passengers were on board.
The crash late yesterday afternoon occurred about an hour after the Beaver float plane took off from Pickerel Arm Camp at Sioux Lookout, heading for Fawcett Lake, Sgt. Dean Barclay of Kenora OPP said.
The victims were reportedly travelling to a lodge on the lake.
An hour later, a second plane took off from the same camp. When the second plane arrived at the lake, the pilot didn't see the first plane, police said. He dropped off his passengers and returned to Sioux Lookout, where he contacted emergency personnel.
A Canadian Forces search-and-rescue team travelled to Fawcett Lake from Winnipeg in a Hercules aircraft, a spokesman said. Rescuers searched the lake and shoreline from the air, the Kenora Miner and News reported.
Around the same time, the passengers from the second plane took a boat out on the lake and located the downed Beaver.
Last edited by rotornut; 24th May 2004 at 10:01.