Plane crash resulting in two casualties

Merritt

2024-07-29 13:29 PDT

File # 2024-3681

On July 28, 2024, at approximately 7:00 p.m., RCMP in Merritt, BC, responded to a report of a plane that crashed two kilometres north of the Merritt Airport, east of Highway 5A.

Upon arrival, emergency crews located the crash site, where they identified both the pilot and passenger deceased.

The airplane was a two-seat homebuilt amphibious aircraft.

The Merritt RCMP is working with the Transportation Safety Board and BC Coroners Service to determine the causal factors of this incident.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Merritt RCMP at (250) 378-4262. 

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Email: james.grandy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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