Search for missing plane bound for Chilliwack with two people aboard continues

Search for missing plane bound for Chilliwack with two people aboard continues
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The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Victoria says four Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft and eight others from CASARA are continuing search efforts for a missing plane with two people aboard. Photo courtesy Twitter/JRCC Victoria.

The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Victoria says four Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft and eight others from CASARA are continuing search efforts for a missing plane with two people aboard. Photo courtesy Twitter/JRCC Victoria.

A dozen aircraft are focussed Monday on an area north of Kamloops for a missing plane with two people aboard that was due to land in Chilliwack last week.

The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) in Victoria says four Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) aircraft and eight from Canadian Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA) are taking part in the search.

Marine Forces Pacific said a Buffalo fixed-wing search and rescue plane and a Cormorant helicopter took off in the morning, with the others scheduled to join Monday afternoon.

The missing Vans RV6 two-seat private plane was on a flight from Edmonton to Chilliwack Friday and was reported overdue to officials around 2 p.m.

The search Monday is targetted to the Highway 5 corridor between Kamloops and Valemount, with further focus on the Blue River area based on cell tower and radar information.

Blue River is about 230 kilometres northeast of Kamloops.

Officials say search efforts have been challenged by low ceilings and visibility, along with light rain and snow at higher elevations.

JRCC Lieutenant Tony Wright says the search will continue “as long as there is a chance of survivability.”

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