SIOUX LOOKOUT, Ont. –
The Canadian Transportation Safety Board is investigating a plane crash that killed four people in northwestern Ontario on Friday.
David Lavalli, a public relations officer at the Royal Canadian Air Force, said the search for the Piper PA-28 Cherokee began near Sioux Lookout, Ont., Around 4:30 a.m. Saturday after officers were notified overdue aircraft.
He said rescuers were able to return to the transponder for the plane’s emergency location, and the crash site was discovered later that day in a remote area southeast of Sioux Lookout, about 450 kilometers east of Winnipeg.
Lavalli says four people were on board the plane and no one survived the crash.
Extensive searches included a Hercules turboprop aircraft and a Air Force Griffon helicopter, as well as an Ontario government helicopter and a team from the Civil Aviation Search and Rescue Association of Thunder Bay, Ont.
A statement from the Transport Safety Board said a team of investigators had been sent to the crash site.
This Canadian Press report was first published on May 1, 2022.
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