Police say they believe the five passengers were hikers that Air Nootka was flying to the community of Gold River. Float plane crash leaves 2 dead, 4 injured near Tofino, B.C.Police have said there was a pilot and five passengers on the plane that was operated by Air Nootka, but none of the identities have been released. Two people escaped unharmed, and the Vancouver Island Health Authority said on the weekend that the other two people who were injured are both now in stable condition at a Victoria hospital.
The float plane crashed Friday morning shortly after taking off from Hesquiat Lake, which is approximately 50 kilometres northwest of Tofino. All of this, of course, depends on the weather," he said. "If they're able to complete their work today, that will give us an opportunity to go in tomorrow. The TSB investigation may have to wait until Monday afternoon to begin, he said. Yearwood said TSB investigators must wait until the RCMP and coroner's teams are finished before beginning their work at the site.
They go by boat and then by land, and that's taking up quite a bit of time," he said. "They have not been able to fly in, so getting there is slow. "The RCMP and Coroners Service teams got in yesterday afternoon, and will be in there again this afternoon," Yearwood told CBC News Sunday morning. Bill Yearwood, spokesman with the Transportation Safety Board, said the teams had to use boats to access the shore of Hesquiat Lake, and then make their way up logging roads and through heavily-wooded terrain.
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