The body of a missing occupant of a small plane that crashed near Goderich, Ont., earlier this week has been found, according to police.
A two-seat Cessna 150 J crashed Wednesday evening near the Goderich Municipal “Sky Harbour” Airport, shortly after emergency responders received calls from witnesses reporting an airplane flying in distress near the airport.
A coordinated land and water search and recovery operation has been underway since Wednesday, which involved provincial and municipal authorities.
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Members of the Ontario Provincial Police’s dive crew located the “heavily damaged” plane in Lake Huron, Friday morning.
The body of a man was found at the scene and has since been identified as Edward Grodecki, 62, from Oakville, Ont.
Police located the body of the other occupant of the plane, 36-year old Veronica Draghici of Brampton, Ont., early Thursday morning a short distance away from the plane’s crash site, about one-and-a-half kilometres from the shoreline.
The cause of the crash is being investigated by the Transportation Safety Board, which is working with the OPP and the coroner’s office, police said.