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Investigators hope to reach B.C. float plane crash site after weather delays
TOFINO, B.C. – The Transportation Safety Board hopes its investigators will be able to reach the site of a deadly float plane crash on Vancouver Island today.
Two people were killed when a float plane operated by Air Nootka with six people on board crashed on Friday, shortly after taking off from a remote late on the western end of the island.
Two other people were injured and are in stable condition in hospital, while the remaining two escaped major injuries.
Poor weather has prevented investigators from accessing the crash site, which is in a forested area near Hesquiaht Lake, roughly 250 kilometres northwest of Victoria.
Safety board spokesman Bill Yearwood says investigators plan to use a helicopter to reach the wreckage, and they likely won’t arrive until at least noon.
Yearwood says small aircraft such as the Beaver involved in Friday’s crash don’t have flight-data recorders, and investigators have not yet interviewed the survivors.
(CKNW)
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