VICTORIA - Canadian rescue crews are helping to search for a small plane off of the B.C. coast after United States officials received a mayday distress call
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#BREAKING#UPDATE As of 4 p.m. Wed., search efforts for the missing pilot have been suspended. Rescue crews from the #US and #Canada covered an area of 1170 sq. miles during their efforts. Full press release forthcoming. USCGPacificNorthwest (@USCGPacificNW) January 28, 2021
A Canadian Coast Guard vessel and a search plane from Comox assisted efforts that were concentrated in waters just off Port Angeles, Wash. Crews worked through the night trying to track the small plane that took off from Ketchikan, Alaska, with one person aboard.
Officials with the Canadian Forces Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre say the pilot issued a mayday call and described his location before contact was lost.
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