Found Deceased Canada - 2 pilots, aboard Air Tindi charter flight en route to Whati, Yellowknife, NWT, 30 Jan 2019

[cybervampira]

Air Tindi flight missing near Whati, N.W.T. | CBC News

Air Tindi Ltd. has lost contact with a charter flight en route from Yellowknife to Whati, N.W.T.

There were two pilots on board and no passengers.

Air Tindi president Al Martin said contact with the King Air 200 was lost when the aircraft was approximately 24 to 32 kilometres outside Whati Wednesday morning sometime between 9 and 9:30.

Martin said two Air Tindi planes are in the air looking for the aircraft. One of the search planes has medics on board.

The community government in Whati has been notified in case the community needs to provide service in any capacity. The pilots' next of kin have been notified that they are unaccounted for.

Martin said the Transportation Safety Board and search and rescue have also been notified.

Royal Canadian Air Force spokesperson David Lavallee said the RCMP contacted the air force midday to inform them of the missing plane.

It is –23 C with blowing snow in the area according to Environment Canada.

 

[cybervampira]

Flight from Yellowknife to Whatì missing, two on board

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Two additional Twin Otter aircraft are now in the air following search patterns to trace the missing plane. All of the airline’s flights are suspended for the time being.

“Lots of other resources are on standby ready to go as soon as we have more more information,” Air Tindi’s president, Al Martin, told Cabin Radio by phone.

“We’re concerned about the pilots very much and are trying to make sure all of our people are being kept informed.”

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This is the first significant incident involving an Air Tindi flight since November 2014, when all on board survived an emergency landing on Great Slave Lake performed by an Air Tindi plane heading from Yellowknife to Fort Simpson.

Three years earlier, a pilot and a passenger were killed when an Air Tindi flight came down 200 km east of Yellowknife.

 

[moonriverfarm]

Ugh. Praying they are located and alive.

 

[GraceG]

The plane has been spotted by a rescue aircraft. It's condition and that of the pilots was not disclosed. There are medics in one of the rescue craft. Missing Air Tindi plane spotted near Behchoko, condition of pilots unknown | CBC News This is newer and states the Canadian Rangers could not make it to the site due to weather conditions
TSB deploys team to help in search for missing N.W.T. charter plane | CBC News

 

[audge86]

Awful news. I hope the pilots are okay. They didn't get very far at all. I lived in YK and Behchoko is only about an hour drive away

 

[Darling136]

Missing plane found in Northwest Territories with no survivors: RCMP

All on board deceased

 

[RDW]

A little more info.

Investigation finds flight instrument failed in Air Tindi crash