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Bodies Recovered/Names Released

OPP divers have located the bodies of 4 people who were on board when a float plane went down on Fawcett Lake north of Sioux Lookout Tuesday.
The bodies were found inside the cabin of the aircraft around 11:30 this morning.
OPP say officials are working on a plan to recover those aboard as well as the submerged plane.
The Pilot has been identified as 29-year-old Fredrick Charles Illsley of Winnipeg.
Passengers in the plane were 49-year-old Kenneth Melvin of Edgerton, Wisconsin; 39-year-old Eric Dixon of Delaware, Ohio and 26-year-ld Aaron Rogahn from Kaukauna, Wisconsin.
An investigation is underway by Transportation Safety Board.

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