Massive resources have been deployed in northern Ontario as the search continues for a commercial plane and its two occupants that went missing in a remote area earlier this week.
continues for a commercial plane and its two occupants that went missing in a remote area earlier this week.
"Currently, we have eight aircraft assigned to the mission. That includes two air force Hercules, two Griffon helicopters, as well as helicopters from the Ontario Provincial Police, Ministry of Natural Resources, the Canadian Coast Guard, and we've also got an aircraft from the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association of Canada that's joining the search as well. CASARA, as it's called, also has spotters on board our air force aircraft," he said.
"So including like our ground crews, our maintainers -- who are, obviously, important to making sure we have serviceable aircraft to fly -- we've got about 50 people in Thunder Bay plus additional staff in Belleville, near Trenton, where the search headquarters is stood up and being run," Reid said.For the last two days, the search effort has been concentrated in the 150-kilometre area expected flight route of the missing plane.
It's an area that has limited to no cell service and he said the missing plane did not have a 406 satellite beacon on board.
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