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July 04, 2018 - 3:42 PM
RICHMOND, B.C. - Two investigators from the Transportation Safety Board have been sent to the site of last week's fatal plane crash near Hope, B.C.
A Cessna 182 on a flight to Nanaimo from Springbank Airport near Calgary went down Thursday between Hope and Merritt, into what a safety board official has described as "abrupt mountain terrain, almost a sheer rock face."
Both men aboard the Cessna were killed and the wreckage was found about 24 hours later by a military helicopter assigned to the search.
Because of the treacherous terrain, access to the crash site is difficult.
A safety board spokesman says it could mean the investigators will have to be lowered to the area from a helicopter.
The Coroners Service and RCMP are also investigating the circumstances of the crash, which rescuers said occurred in rainy and cloudy conditions.
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