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Canadian Press A search was under way Monday in the southern Brit ish Columbia interior for a light plane with four persons aboard missing on a 250-mile flight from Grand Forks to Vancouver. A search and rescue spokes man here said Monday night that the twin-engine Piper Aztec, piloted by Victor Eng strom, 18, of Prince George, was rented from Columbia Aviation in Prince George last Wednesday. The spokesman’ said the plane was flown to Spokane, Wash., that day but the party was’ unable to ‘ob tain accommodation because of crowds visiting Expo '74. The plane then flew to Grand Forks where it remained overnight. The, search, and rescue spokesman said the Grand Forks airport has no record of the plane taking off Thursday, but the plane was last seen on the ground there that day. The plane apparently left on a flight to Vancouver but was not reported missing by the company until Sunday. Also on board the plane were the pilot's 19-year-old sister, his 14-year-old brother and a 20-year-old unidentified man. No names of the passen gers were available.
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Victoria Daily Colonist
Victoria, British Columbia, CA
Tue, Jul 09, 1974
Page 28
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