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WSDOT crews search land and air for missing Canadian plane in Okanogan County
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Key Points:
- Search crews from Washington State Department of Transportation's Air Search and Rescue unit were actively searching on Sunday for a missing 1976 Piper Cub aircraft last reported near U.S. Highway 97 in Okanogan County.
- The plane, carrying a pilot and passenger, departed Penticton, British Columbia, bound for Grangeville, Idaho, but lost communication with Seattle Center air traffic control.
- The pilot’s daughter reported the aircraft missing to the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office, prompting search efforts focused between Oroville and Okanogan using radar data and cell phone forensics.
- Additional ground search teams from the Colville Confederated Tribes were involved, but no distress signals were received overnight; search operations are continuing with favorable weather.
- Authorities ask anyone with information about the plane or its whereabouts to contact the State Emergency Operations Center and note that no volunteers are needed for search efforts at this time.
