A Transportation Safety Board investigation into a fatal plane crash north of Tofino, B.C., last December has raised potential safety issues for other pilots. The pilot had taken similar flights approximately every 12 days since 2002, said the report. They could not determine if weather was a factor, but did say the plane was flying in conditions likely to produce thunderstorms, hail or possible icing. Lightning was detected in the area around the time of the crashThe reports said pilots should assess all weather information before leaving. The plane, which left from Courtenay Airpark, didn't have an emergency locator transmitter that could have been detected by the upgraded satellite search system, a situation the safety board says is common in more than half of all Canadian-registered aircraft.

Source: CBC News June 30, 2020 20:15 UTC