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08-03-2008, 08:40 PM
Plane crashes on northern Vancouver Island
Last Updated: Sunday, August 3, 2008 | 4:34 PM ET
CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/credit.html)
http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/AC/aircraft/Grumman-Goose/IMAGES/Goose-Pacific-Coastal.jpgA Pacific Coastal Airlines Grumman Goose has crashed on northern Vancouver Island, rescue officials reported Sunday. An aircraft with seven people aboard reported missing on northern Vancouver Island Sunday morning has crashed, the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria has confirmed.
There has been no signal from the aircraft's emergency locator, officials said.
The Pacific Coastal Airlines flight — a twin-engine Grumman Goose amphibious aircraft with six passengers and the pilot — left Port Hardy, B.C., about 7 a.m. PT Sunday and was expected to touch down in Chamiss Bay, near the village of Kyuquot, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, no more than an hour later.
Pacific Coastal reported the flight missing to the rescue centre at 10 a.m. PT and was conducting its own search.
The rescue centre has dispatched two aircraft — a Buffalo CC115 and a Cormorant helicopter — to assist in the search.
God help all involved.:-(5 minutes ago
Last Updated: Sunday, August 3, 2008 | 4:34 PM ET
CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/credit.html)
http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/AC/aircraft/Grumman-Goose/IMAGES/Goose-Pacific-Coastal.jpgA Pacific Coastal Airlines Grumman Goose has crashed on northern Vancouver Island, rescue officials reported Sunday. An aircraft with seven people aboard reported missing on northern Vancouver Island Sunday morning has crashed, the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria has confirmed.
There has been no signal from the aircraft's emergency locator, officials said.
The Pacific Coastal Airlines flight — a twin-engine Grumman Goose amphibious aircraft with six passengers and the pilot — left Port Hardy, B.C., about 7 a.m. PT Sunday and was expected to touch down in Chamiss Bay, near the village of Kyuquot, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, no more than an hour later.
Pacific Coastal reported the flight missing to the rescue centre at 10 a.m. PT and was conducting its own search.
The rescue centre has dispatched two aircraft — a Buffalo CC115 and a Cormorant helicopter — to assist in the search.
God help all involved.:-(5 minutes ago