Investigation underway after Alberta plane crash kills 6 people
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Emergency crews said cloudy weather could have impacted the plane's visibility. Investigators will determine if weather was a cause for the crash.
Investigators are looking into the cause of a plane crash that left all six people on board dead Friday night.
The plane was heading to Salmon Arm, in B.C.’s Southern Interior, from Calgary and lost contact about 30 minutes into its journey.
On Saturday, RCMP said, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Trenton, Ont., tasked a Winnipeg-based Royal Canadian Air Force CC-130 Hercules from the 435 Transport and Rescue Squadron with the search, after reports of the plane not arriving at its destination were received.
“The crew honed in on the Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) to the crash site on Mount Bogart. Alberta Parks Mountain Rescue responding with Alpine Helicopters and a Comox-based RCAF CH-149 Cormorant from the 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron were dispatched to assist,” police said.
Alberta Parks Mountain Rescue were also assisted by Alberta Health Services (AHS), Kananaskis Emergency Services and Alberta Conservation.
Responder crews said it was very cloudy at the time, reducing visibility.
The Edmonton-based investigators will be in the area for a couple days and will determine if weather was a factor. It is still being determined whether they will go up on the mountain where some pieces of the plane — a Piper PA32 — remain. Larger pieces of the plane are now in a secure facility, they said.
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