Search ongoing for missing pilot in Ontario’s Kawartha Lakes region
Trenton Joint Rescue Coordination Centre said Sunday that a search for a missing pilot was ongoing in the Kawartha Lakes region of southern Ontario, near Balsam Lake.
A massive rescue operation is currently underway in Ontario as authorities search for an overdue aircraft. The Trenton Joint Rescue Coordination Centre announced on X that the search is focused on the Kawartha Lakes region of southern Ontario near Balsam Lake. The pilot, David Douglas, was last seen leaving Oshawa Executive Airport at around 8:30 a.m. on Friday.
According to a news release issued by Durham Regional Police, Douglas had planned to return to the airport approximately an hour later, but he did not arrive as expected and has not been located.
Douglas was flying a light blue and yellow amateur-built aircraft. His family is urgently appealing to the public for assistance, requesting anyone who saw anything unusual on Friday morning or who has camera footage from that day to come forward and contact 911. Richard Wiltshire, a cousin of Douglas, spoke to Global News and described the 73-year-old pilot as a long-time leisure flyer who was undertaking a normal flight.
Wiltshire emphasized the family's desire to have Douglas safely returned home. The pilot is approximately five-foot-seven in height, has a slim build, and is characterized by black/grey hair and a mustache, according to police.
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