The Transportation Safety Board has ruled out mechanical failure as the cause of a plane crash that killed three visitors to our area on Friday.
OPP say the victims have been identified as 41-year-old Nikolas Rajala, 40-year-old Teresa Rajala, and 36-year-old Lynn Bohanon, all of Grand Rapids, Minn.
The three were attempting to land a Cessna 185 on Chappie Lake, south of Kenora, when their Cessna 182 at about 2 PM. A SARS team found the downed aircraft within two hours of it going down – two were dead at the crash site while the third died shortly after being found.
(File photo of similar Cessna 182)
