Body of missing pilot found among plane debris in Kawartha Lakes
Provincial police say a pilot reported missing after taking off in a home-built plane from Oshawa last week has been found dead. The 73-year-old was reported missing by family members after the plane departed from the Oshawa Airport at 8:30 a.m. on August 14 and failed to return that same morning. Durham regional police identified […]
A 73-year-old pilot, identified as David, who went missing after taking off from Oshawa in a home-built plane on August 14, has been found dead among the debris of his crashed aircraft, according to provincial police. The pilot, who was an experienced flier in the Kawartha Lakes region, failed to return after his departure and was reported missing by his family.
The plane was discovered submerged in Wolfe Lake in Queen Elizabeth II Provincial Park on August 16, with the pilot's body located two days later. The circumstances of the crash are now under investigation by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.
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