Names of Plane Crash Passengers Released

The Cat Lake First Nation has identified 2 of the 3-men who were killed in a plane crash just outside the community.
Russell Wesley says Ronald Ombash and Dean Meekis both died in the crash after witnesses say the pilot aborted a landing at the Cat Lake airport Friday night.
He says Meekis and Ombash ran Cat Lake’s youth programs and were well respected.
Wesley says their deaths are a great loss for the community and grief counseling has been made available to those who want it.
Howard Lockhart, who used to own but now works at Lockhart Air Services in Sioux Lookout says the male pilot had been flying for 25 years and it “makes no sense how it all it happened.”
The Transportation Safety Board is investigating.