King
September 07, 2008 04:31 PM
By: Joe Fantauzzi, Staff Writer
A King Township man is dead after a plane crashed in Peel Region yesterday.
The ultralight plane had taken off from Volks Aerodrome in Tottenham early Saturday morning, but failed to return to the airport as expected, according to Ontario Provincial Police.
A rescue centre in Trenton, Ont. was notified and a search began.
Officers from the Caledon and Nottawasaga detachments of the OPP were involved in the search for the aircraft and its pilot and at about 7:45 p.m., the York Regional Police helicopter, which was in the area, discovered a plane's wreckage near 16738 Caledon/King Town Line, just south of Hwy. 9, according to police.
Caledon OPP officers arrived and found the missing ultralight plane.
Police identified the pilot as John Townsend, 54, of King City.
Mr. Townsend was the only person aboard the plane when it went down.
Transport Canada will probe the crash, according to police.