WATCH: Capt. Alexandre Cadieux of the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre provides an update on the crash
TORONTO – Two people are dead following the crash of a small plane in the Algonquin Provincial Park in central Ontario.
Capt. Jean Houde of the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Trenton, Ont., said both male victims were in their 20s.
A military spokesman earlier said the pilot of the Cessna 150 had “declared an airborne emergency” on Tuesday evening.
Capt. Alexandre Cadieux said regional air traffic controllers then lost contact with the aircraft south of the park in the Haliburton area east of Bracebridge.
He said the plane was found after a Hercules aircraft sent to the area with a Griffin helicopter from Canadian Forces Base Trenton picked up an emergency signal early Wednesday.
Houde said the plane had left Buttonville Airport northeast of Toronto and the pilot had intended to return there.
The company that owns the plane, Fly Block Time, said the aircraft was “fully serviceable and airworthy” and equipped for night flight.
Fully fuelled, the plane could fly for about 4.5 hours, the company said in a statement.
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