US EditionCrews searching for pilot missing after plane crashes off Newfoundland’s east coast
- A single-engine American pontoon plane crashed off Newfoundland's east coast on the morning of April 29, 2025, with its lone pilot missing at sea.
- Officials began searching after receiving an SOS signal and emergency beacon alert around 9 a.m. Atlantic time from an area approximately 225 kilometres east of St. John's.
- The search operation has involved a Coast Guard ship, a pair of nearby fishing vessels, a Cormorant helicopter, and a Hercules plane, which together located the aircraft’s pontoon, scattered wreckage, and an unoccupied bright orange life raft.
- A spokesperson from the Halifax-based Joint Rescue Coordination Centre stated that search teams have been looking throughout the day but have yet to locate the missing pilot.
- The RCMP has taken charge of the investigation into the pilot reported missing following the crash of the Air Tractor AT-802, which departed St. John's en route to Portugal, as the search efforts remain ongoing.
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RCMP in eastern Newfoundland take over search for pilot of downed small plane
ST. JOHN'S — The RCMP have taken over the search for a pilot reported missing after his small aircraft crashed in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of Newfoundland on Tuesday morning.
Search continues off Newfoundland for pilot of small aircraft that crashed in ocean
ST. JOHN'S - The search continues today for a pilot whose small aircraft crashed in the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday morning, about 225 kilometres off the east coast of Newfoundland.
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Crews searching for pilot missing after plane crashes off Newfoundland's east coast
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