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Rescue crews searching for missing plane

Overdue plane is expected to have been travelling from Nakina to Fort Hope
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Search efforts are continuing Wednesday for a Cessna 208 aircraft that had been reported overdue on Tuesday. (Joint Resource Coordination Centre Trenton/Twitter)

Search efforts are continuing for a second day for a plane that has been reported overdue.

Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Trenton tweeted that a search is ongoing for a Cessna 208 plane that had been travelling between Nakina and Fort Hope on Tuesday afternoon.

The agency had said that efforts on Tuesday were affected by light snow and low clouds in the search area on Tuesday evening, but the weather conditions are expected to improve on Wednesday.

Other resources include Canada's Civil Air Search and Rescue Association spotters, two military aircraft, a provincial Ministry of Natural Resources helicopter, and a Canadian Coast Guard helicopter.




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