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By Mike Vanden Bosch

Plane crash

Amateur-built amphibious aircraft crashes near Merritt Sunday, killing 2: RCMP

Jul 29, 2024 | 11:19 AM

MERRITT — Mounties in Merritt have confirmed that two people died in an airplane crash Sunday (July 28) near the Merritt Airport.

According to a statement from Corporal James Grandy of the Southeast District RCMP in B.C., RCMP in Merritt responded to a report of a plane that crashed two kilometres north of the Merritt Airport, east of Highway 5A.

On arrival, emergency crews located the crash site, where they identified both the pilot and passenger deceased.

Police say the airplane was a two-seat homebuilt amphibious aircraft.

The Merritt RCMP is working with the Transportation Safety Board and BC Coroners Service to determine the causal factors of this incident.

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Anyone with any information is asked to contact the Merritt RCMP at (250) 378-4262.