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THE CANADIAN PRESS
KELOWNA — Three people are confirmed dead in the crash of a float plane that went down as horrified onlookers watched it burst into flames in southern British Columbia.
“Our information is that, tragically, none survived the accident,” Transportation Safety Board spokesman Bill Yearwood said Monday.
He confirmed the de Havilland Beaver aircraft went down just before 7 p.m. Sunday, only minutes after takeoff from Okanagan Lake, near the community of Peachland, 25 kilometres southwest of Kelowna.
The aircraft was heading to its home base of Pitt Meadows, about 40 kilometres east of Vancouver when it slammed into a steep, wooded hillside along Highway 97C and caught fire.
Five people were initially thought to be on the plane but Yearwood said new details emerged about the passenger list.
“There were four on board when they left Pitt Meadows. It had originally planned to have five, but plans changed, and one was left in Kelowna, so three were on the return flight,” he said.
“We know the aircraft was returning (to Pitt Meadows) and it was close to the summit of the pass,” Yearwood said, “but there is no information to help us, at this point, as to what the pilot was experiencing.”
The coroner and two TSB inspectors were due to arrive at the crash site on Monday, and Yearwood said there was little information about the victims or the aircraft.