Search and rescue authorities have located a plane in the Kawartha Lakes area where a pilot went missing last week. The Trenton Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC), responsible for coordinating air and marine search and rescue operations in Ontario, announced on social media platform X that a plane was discovered on Wolf Lake in Queen Elizabeth II Provincial Park, situated approximately a 45-minute drive north of the Kawartha Lakes region.
The case has been handed over to the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) as a missing person’s investigation, as stated by the JRCC. While the identity of the pilot has not been officially confirmed, the missing individual is a 73-year-old named David, according to police reports.
Durham police revealed in a statement on X that David departed from Oshawa Airport in the plane at 8:30 a.m. on Friday with an expected return by 9:30 a.m. David is known to frequently fly in the southern region of the Kawartha Lakes township and north of Lake Scugog.
According to Ontario Provincial Police, the aircraft is a small homemade blue plane marked with the letters “FOFZ” on its tail. Descriptions provided by law enforcement portray David as a seasoned pilot standing at five feet seven inches, with a slender physique, black and grey hair, and a moustache.
