CANADA Canada- Noriharu Amano, 45, left Sault Ste. Marie airport, in red/white Cessna C-172 aircraft, last heard circling over Goulais Bay, 24 July, 2005.

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7048DMON - Noriharu Amano​

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Added:01/08/2026; Last Updated:01/08/2026

Name: Noriharu Amano
Nickname/Alias: Ness
Case Classification: Missing
Missing Since: July 24, 2005
Location Last Seen: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

Physical Description​

Date of Birth: February 7, 1960
Age: 45 years old
Race: Asian
Gender: Male
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 181 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown, short
Eye Color: Brown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Wore a beard.

Identifiers​

Dentals: Unknown
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown

Clothing & Personal Items​

Clothing: Unknown
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown

Circumstances of Disappearance​

Amano left an airport in Sault Ste. Marie, in a Cessna C-172 aircraft The plane is described as white wings with red tips, a red fuselage with white stripe and white underside. The top of engine cowling was red. The plane was last heard from as it was circling over Goulais Bay. He wasn't reported missing until he failed to arrive at work on August 2, 2005.

 

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Apr 18, 2022

8 Wing Search and Rescue hunts for missing plane near Sault Ste. Marie

Two men were on board a Piper Comanche that left Delhi, Ont., on Thursday at 3:45 p.m. and was bound for Marathon. The aircraft was reported overdue about three hours later by a flight information centre in London, Ont., said senior public affairs officer Maj. Trevor Reid of the Trenton...

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'Two men were on board a Piper Comanche that left Delhi, Ont., on Thursday at 3:45 p.m. and was bound for Marathon. The aircraft was reported overdue about three hours later by a flight information centre in London, Ont., said senior public affairs officer Maj. Trevor Reid of the Trenton, Ont.-based Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre.'

The search is focused about 60 kilometres north of the Sault, the last known position for the aircraft. Efforts to find the missing plane are primarily being done by air. The terrain is “quite difficult,” said Reid.

“Very hilly, very rough terrain,” he said. Snow is “very deep,” up to five feet, in some locations.''
'Dr. Ness Amano, a dentist from Marathon, went missing when he flew from Sault Ste. Marie to his community in July 2005. He wasn’t reported missing for more than a week. Amano is presumed dead. A search covered 30,000 square kilometres and involved nine aircraft and four Canadian Coast Guard vessels.'

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