Pilot dies in small plane crash in B.C.’s East Kootenay region, RCMP say

BRISCO, B.C. — RCMP say the pilot of a plane is dead after it crashed in British Columbia’s East Kootenay region on Friday. 

Columbia Valley RCMP say in a news release that they received a report of a small plane crashing on the Bugaboo side of the valley on Friday afternoon. 

Mounties say a hunter witnessed the plane with what appeared to be engine trouble and saw it go down in a wooded area. 

They say Columbia Valley Search and Rescue, the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre and Transport Canada all responded.