Overdue home-built plane found in Ontario’s Kawartha Lakes area, pilot still missing
The Trenton Joint Rescue Coordination Centre says a home-built plane that failed to return to Oshawa, Ont., last week was found but the 73-year-old pilot who flew it is still missing.
A home-built plane that vanished near Oshawa, Ontario last week has been discovered, but the 73-year-old pilot remains missing. The Trenton Joint Rescue Coordination Centre reports the aircraft was located at Wolf Lake in Queen Elizabeth II Provincial Park in the Kawartha Lakes region. Durham regional police have identified the missing man as David, an experienced pilot who typically flies in the areas south of Kawartha Lakes and north of Lake Scugog.
Ontario Provincial Police have taken over the case as a missing person's investigation, and search and rescue teams are supporting the ongoing efforts to locate the man. The plane, described as blue and yellow with the letters "FOFZ" on the tail, was launched from Oshawa Airport at 8:30 a.m. on Friday and failed to return by 9:30 a.m. that same morning.
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