Two people are dead after a small aircraft went missing Thursday near Hope.

Search crews spent most of Friday looking for the Cessna 182, which took off from Calgary Springs at about 9 a.m. PSTThursday.

Officials say the electronic locator transmitter aboard the plane was activated at about 11 a.m. that morning.

Sad news to report. The missing Cessna has been found, but has been handed over to the @bccoroners and @BCRCMP. 2 people were on board the plane from #Calgary. More to come. @BlackPressMedia

— Ashley Wadhwani (@ashwadhwani) June 30, 2018

Despite efforts being hampered by cloudy and wet weather Friday, rescue crews were able to zero in on an area around the Great Bear Snow Shed just northeast of Hope.

A Buffalo aircraft and a Cormorant Helicopter from Canadian Forces Base Comox was being used to search, according to the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, while Hope Search and Rescue members completed a ground search of the area.

The pair onboard the plane, whose identities have not been confirmed at this time, were flying a route from Kelowna, to Hope, then to Boundary Bay with a planned landing in Nanaimo.

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