Debris has been found after a plane went missing en route to Prince George from Vancouver Monday morning (April 13).
"The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre has confirmed that wreckage found in the mountains north of Vancouver is from the missing Carson Air cargo Flight 66," YVR Media Relations said in a news release.
"Air and ground crews continue to search for the two pilots from Carson Air Flight 66."
The TSB team will “gather information and assess the occurrence,” according to a statement posted on the government agency’s website Tuesday morning (April 14).
Carson Air Flight 66 departed Vancouver International Airport at 6:43 a.m. Monday and was scheduled to land in Prince George at 8 a.m.
The Fairchild Swearingen SA 226 Metro II twin-engine turboprop disappeared from radar at 7:10 a.m.
FlightAware.com, which provides online tracking of flights, shows a flightpatch ending near Mount Seymour Provincial Park on the North Shore.
With files from the Prince George Citizen
