Six people have died after a small plane crashed in the mountainous Kananaskis region, west of Calgary, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.
Police said a plane carrying 5 passengers and a pilot left Springbank Airport near Calgary on Friday night, en route to Salmon Arm in British Columbia.
Police said contact with the plane was lost around 9:30 pm local time (0330 GMT Saturday). Shortly after the aircraft was reported to be late, a squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force conducted a search.
A police official stated that the squadron found the crash site and, with the help of rescue teams, searched for survivors, but it turned out that all six people on board had died.
The official explained that all the bodies were recovered despite the difficulty due to the difficult terrain, adding that the Canadian Transportation Safety Board is conducting an investigation into the incident.
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