An air search is underway over the North Shore’s rugged backcountry area for a small single-engine plane reported overdue from a flight between Pitt Meadows and Pemberton Sunday.
Two Buffalo aircraft and two Cormorant helicopters from Canadian Forces Base Comox are flying over the route the Musketeer would most likely have taken, said Lt. Greg Menzies of the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria.
The privately owned plane took off from Pitt Meadows Sunday morning around 8 a.m. with the intention of making a day trip to Pemberton and returning to Pitt Meadows that afternoon. It is believed there were three people on board.
The plane was reported overdue around 7:30 p.m. Sunday evening and a search was launched. That search continued on Monday.
“It’s a fairly large area,” said Menzies. “It’s quite mountainous and heavily forested.”
Menzies said the aircraft’s last known radar contact was Sunday morning, in the area of Indian Arm.
So far there has been no sign of the missing plane.
