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Thursday, November 16, 2000

Plane wreck found near U.S. border Pilot confirmed dead

ST-HERMENEGILDE, Que. (CP) -- Canadian Forces personnel confirmed Thursday the death of a pilot whose small plane crashed in Quebec's Eastern Townships.

The victim's identity was not immediately confirmed.

The single-engine Piper Cherokee crashed Wednesday on Mount Hereford, south of Sherbrooke near the U.S. border, after it had left Maine. It was heading to Montreal.

Members from the Forces' search and rescue in Trenton, Ont., sent a helicopter to help look for the plane.

The search began after a caller told police about hearing a plane with engine problems.

-- Rachel Gibson (rgibson@hotmail.com), November 16, 2000