deepdiverbc:
My mum told me tonight that a few of her friends have been talking about an accident that happened recently in the Courtney Comox area. She lives in Courtney.
Has anyone heard anything?
Only water related recent accident i could find
Searches continue for two missing airplanes
By Bruce MacInnis
Record Staff Writer
Sep 16 2005
The search for a float plane which went missing in Queen Charlotte Strait Sunday night was turned over to the Port Hardy RCMP after searchers found human remains on Sept. 12, according to Navy Public Affairs at CFB Esquimalt.
Officials believe the remains to be those of Bryan Gilbert, 46, of Washington State and Marshall Stout, 30, of California, who were reported aboard the missing plane.
The Cessna 185 had taken off from Ketchikan, Alaska and was due to make a fuel stop in Port Hardy when it disappeared off the radar at 8:45 p.m., Sunday.
Searchers previously found a backpack with identity papers belonging to one of the persons aboard the missing aircraft.
A CH-149 Cormorant helicopter from 442 Search and Rescue Squadron at CFB Comox was tasked with the search along with Coast Guard ships Bartlett, Cape Sutil and Sooke Post.
Meanwhile, as the Record went to press, two Buffalo aircraft and three Griffon helicopters from 19 Wing continued to search for a home-built aircraft which went missing near Chilliwack on Aug. 29.
Aboard the aircraft were the 74-year-old male pilot and his 36-year-old female passenger.
Volunteers from the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association were also involved in the search.
Capt. Cheryl Robinson, 19 Wing Public Affairs Officer, asked anyone who may have information which would aid the search to phone the Sightings Hotline (250) 376-6640.
The missing aircraft is a small, tan airplane with light blue markings, call sign CGBV, Robinson said.
