Overview
- Canadian search-and-rescue teams located a crashed light aircraft around 6 p.m. Central Daylight Time after it failed to reach its destination early Friday and found both occupants dead.
- The Consulate General of India in Vancouver named the victims as Manoj Sivakumar and Srisaran Thirugnanasambantham and said it will provide full consular assistance, including repatriation of mortal remains.
- Canadian reporting says CBC identified the wreck as a Harv’s Air‑registered Cessna 172 on a night cross‑country training flight whose pilots had rented the plane to log hours toward commercial licences.
- The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre led the response and transferred the case to the RCMP, and the Transportation Safety Board of Canada is expected to investigate the cause of the crash, which remains unknown.
- The crash renews scrutiny of Harv’s Air after two earlier incidents since January 2025, including a fatal mid‑air collision in July 2025, and could prompt further review of training safety and oversight.