At two a.m. a search for the plane was initiated, after a beacon went off. A 424 Squadron parachute team dispatched from a C130 Hercules Trenton, Ont.

Three individuals died at the scene. A fourth has been hospitalized.in Winnipeg.

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What: Bourgault Industries Piper PA-28 Cherokee
What: Lake LA-4-200 Buccaneer amphibious plane
Where: Brieux, Saskatchewan
When: May 12, 2012
Who: 5 fatalities
Why: Two men and a boy were aboard the Piper PA-28 en route from Calgary to St. Brieux to pick up plane parts; and a woman and man were aboard the amphibious plane flying from Regina to La Ronge.

The planes made some kind of impact in the air, after which both planes impacted the ground. The Buccaneer plane was found in shallow water. Piper debris was found around Brieux.

The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Trenton, Ont said that indications are that the planes made contact at low altitude and it appears that the amphibious plane struck the Piper.

The planes were found less than a kilometre apart with a debris field of more than a mile.

Bourgault Industries is a airline seeding company. The RCMP asked Jerry Bourgault to assist, and he flew his Piper Super Cub to find the debris field.

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