Search and rescue teams say a plane with two people on board that went missing earlier this week in a remote area of northern Ontario has been found with both occupants dead.
The Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Trenton, Ont., said Saturday night that the search for the Cessna 208, which went missing on Tuesday, was complete as the plane had been found.
According to the center, the two people, who have not been identified, were found dead at the scene.
The plane went missing between Nakina and Fort Hope and was found just south of Chaucer Lake, northeast of Thunder Bay, around 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
Both the Ontario Provincial Police and Transport Canada have been notified and the Transportation Safety Board will investigate the cause of the accident.
A spokesman for the Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Trenton, Maj. Trevor Reid, said Wednesday that military and police planes and helicopters, as well as civilian planes, were deployed along the flight route of the Cessna as part of research efforts.