Transportation Safety Board investigators sent to site of fatal B.C. plane crash

Transportation Safety Board investigators sent to site of fatal B.C. plane crash | iNFOnews.ca
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RICHMOND, B.C. – Two investigators from the Transportation Safety Board have been sent to the site of last week's fatal plane crash near Hope, B.C.

A Cessna 182 on a flight to Nanaimo from Springbank Airport near Calgary went down Thursday between Hope and Merritt, into what a safety board official has described as "abrupt mountain terrain, almost a sheer rock face."

Both men aboard the Cessna were killed and the wreckage was found about 24 hours later by a military helicopter assigned to the search.

Because of the treacherous terrain, access to the crash site is difficult.

A safety board spokesman says it could mean the investigators will have to be lowered to the area from a helicopter.

The Coroners Service and RCMP are also investigating the circumstances of the crash, which rescuers said occurred in rainy and cloudy conditions.

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