RCAF Air Sea
Rescue men probed a “mystery plane” crash in
northern B.C. waters today.
Three
separate reports from ships in the area of
Hakai Passage near Calvert Island, told of the
crash of a flaming aircraft Wednesday night.
Flt.-Lt.
Tommy Futer flew a Cessna to the scene for an
unsuccessful search early today and another
plane replaced him later to continue the
investigation in the island waters, 40 miles
northeast of Vancouver Island.
Air Force
search and rescue unit says no commercial or
military plane of Canada or the United States
is missing.
A private
plane should have filed a flight plan before
proceeding over this area but may have failed
to do so.
It is also
considered possible that a meteorite may have
plunged into the area.
The three
vessels reporting the mystery crash were the
Cape Caution, the Betty Grand, the Department
of Fisheries vessel Howay.
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