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Monday, 04 August 2008 13:37 |
JUSTINE HUNTER
From Monday's Globe and Mail
August 4, 2008 at 12:03 AM EDT
VICTORIA For several desperate hours Sunday, the two survivors of a plane crash in a remote section of Vancouver Island watched as search aircraft flew overhead, the rescue crews unable to spot the wreckage hidden in the mountainous terrain.
The Grumman Goose crashed a little after 7 a.m. Sunday, leaving five dead including four members of the same tugboat crew. The pilot of the Pacific Coastal Airlines flight had been taking six passengers from Port Hardy for what was to be a short flight to a remote logging camp on the other side of the island.
One survivor, with his cellphone battery low and reception weak, was able to call and text-message a friend, trying to guide his rescuers. His descriptions were frightening the plane had been consumed by fire but with the emergency beacon destroyed, search crews were hampered by the thick forest that seemed to swallow the aircraft. |
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