1987 plane crash shooting

The RCMP say human remains found at the site of a decades-old plane crash in British Columbia’s Interior have now been positively identified.

The identities of two victims killed in a 1987 plane crash just unearthed last year have been confirmed.

Jesse O'Donaghey.Last September, a search team looking for an unrelated missing Alberta aircraft located the floatplane's wreckage, according to an RCMP release.The preliminary investigation determined the wreckage was that of the plane Whitehead and Dykhuizen were travelling in.RCMP said access to the crash site was difficult due to extremely rugged and treacherous terrain with steep inclines and year-round snow pack.To encourage thoughtful and respectful conversations, first and last names will appear with each submission to CBC/Radio-Canada's online communities (except in children and youth-oriented communities). DNA analysis has now proven that the bodies found in the wreckage are those of Whitehead and Dykhuizen, RCMP confirmed Monday.
Pilot Ernie Whitehead, 78, and and 55-year-old Eagle Bay neighbour Len Dykhuizen took off for a fishing trip on June 20, 1987 and their white Piper Super Cub float plane …

Ernie Whitehead’s float plane found crashed near Kostal Lake in Wells Gray Provincial Park, B.C. Of course there’s always been that void — Whatever happened to him?”The wreck of the plane was spotted on Sept. 18, 2018 in remote terrain near Kostal Lake by the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC), which was conducting an unrelated search for an aircraft, according to RCMP.Kostal Lake, which is located in Wells Gray Provincial Park, is approximately 55 kilometres north of Clearwater and 106 km northeast of 100 Mile House.DNA analysis was used to help identify the victims of the crash and end three decades of uncertainly, according to RCMP.Harper agrees that the discovery provided absolute closure for family members who are still alive.Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday.Get a roundup of the most important and intriguing national stories delivered to your inbox every weekday. Comments on this story are moderated according to ourIt is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges.Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered onDNA evidence recovered from the wreckage of a floatplane that crashed more than 32 years ago has confirmed the identities of the two people on board, RCMP in Salmon Arm, B.C., say.Identities of 1987 plane crash victims confirmed by DNA analysis: RCMPWreckage of B.C.

"[We] are pleased that we have now been able to provide their family with answers to some long-standing questions. Please note that CBC does not endorse the opinions expressed in comments.
Len Dykhuizen and Ernie Whitehead, victims of 1987 float plane crash in Wells Gray Provincial Park, B.C. The mystery of what happened to two Shuswap men who missing on a fishing trip more than three decades ago has finally been solved.Pilot Ernie Whitehead, 78, and and 55-year-old Eagle Bay neighbour Len Dykhuizen took off for a fishing trip on June 20, 1987 and their white Piper Super Cub float plane disappeared.“All of a sudden he just didn’t come back,” Whitehead’s nephew, John Harper, told CFJC news last year, when the wreck was discovered during another search.“We felt great sadness that he was gone.

Shuswap men identified as victims of 1987 plane crash “We knew he’d gone down but we didn’t know if we’d ever have this day that [we] knew what happened,” he said.

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