TSB investigators to arrive at Vancouver Island plane wreckage on Monday
TOFINO, B.C. – The Transportation Safety Board says investigators are not expected to get to the site of a float plane crash on Vancouver Island until Monday.
The TSB investigators will try to determine the cause of Friday’s crash that killed two of the six people on board.
BC Coroners Service investigators as well as police were forced to hike into the forested area near Tofino, B.C. on Saturday, after air travel was ruled out because of poor weather conditions.
Authorities have said two people escaped unharmed while the other two were injured but are now in stable condition at a Victoria hospital.
Dianne Ignace (IG-nus), a gift shop owner in Hesquiaht (HESH-kwit) Village, says she remembers speaking with five hikers earlier in the week who she believes were on board the plane.
She says the five people were fun, experienced hikers possibly in their 50s.
Police have said there was a pilot and five passengers on the plane, but none of the identities have been released.
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