What: Pacific Coastal Airlines Grumman Goose amphibious aircraft chartered to deliver personnel and supplies to an energy project under construction for Plutonic Power Corporation in Toba Valley. The flight left Vancouver at 10:17 a.m. for Powell River but never arrived.
Where: crashed in thick fog into a hillside on Thormanby Island 56 miles Northwest of Vancouver
When: Sunday
Who: 8 aboard, 1 survivor. The badly burned survivor took approximately two hours to climb down from the crash site. Terrain and foggy weather hampered rescuers.
Why: under investigation. After the crash, the fuel tanks exploded.
Fort Saskatchewan’s Thomas Wilson is the only survivor.
Deceased (as announced by Peter Kiewit Sons Co):
Kyle Adams, Maintenance Engineer, 29, Edmonton, Alberta
Jerry Burns, Equipment Operator, 42, Garibaldi Heights, British Columbia
Ajay Cariappa, Project Engineer, 34, St. Albert, Alberta
Waldemar Klemens, Engineer, 24, Burnaby, British Columbia
Matt Sawchenko, Equipment Operator, 26, North Vancouver, British Columbia
Jerry Burns and Matt Sawchenko were members or the Christian Labour Association of Canada.
Peter Kiewit Sons Co. appreciates the cooperation of the many media outlets that respected previous requests of withholding the publication of these names until such time as next of kin notifications could be assured.
