Date:
Friday, January 27, 2006
Contact:
OFFICE OF THE SKAMANIA COUNTY SHERIFF
PO Box 790
200 Vancouver Ave.
Stevenson WA 98648
Phone (509)427-9490
Fax (509)427-4369
www.skamaniasheriff.com
scso@co.skamania.wa.us
Press Release from Skamania County Sheriff's Office
January 27, 2006 0630 Hours
Search efforts will be initiated again this morning for a missing Cessna twin engine aircraft originally reported missing at approximately 2:45 Wednesday afternoon. Approximately, 30 searchers, 3 sno-cats along with some sno-mobiles will be assisting in field search operations today. Air assets remain on stand-by waiting for a break in the weather. Search conditions continued to deteriorate overnight with an additional 12 inches of snow and snow levels falling below 2000 feet. Deteriorating weather is expected to produce an additional 8 to 12 inches of new snow throughout the day.
Next press release will be at 4 pm today.
Dave Brown
Sheriff
Tom Peterson
WSDOT, Aviation
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