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Pilot Identified

OPP have released the name of a Dryden pilot who was killed in a crash last Friday.

50 year old Mike Patemen was at the controls of of a Lockhart Airways Cessena 310 when it went down 20 kilometres west of Cat Lake.

Also killed were two passengers, 46 year old Ronald Oombash from Cat Lake and 28 year old Dean Meekis of Deer Lake.

The investigation into the cause of the crash is continuing.

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12:46 am, May 15, 2026
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