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Rescuers credit a float plane pilot’s good airmanship and planning for a successful deadstick landing and rescue on the weekend. The incident happened shortly before noon Sunday moments after the float-equipped Cessna 185 lifted off from Nanaimo Airport on a flight to Bamfield. The aircraft was flying at an altitude of about 1,400 metres when the engine quit, but the pilot, who has not been identified, was able to glide the aircraft to a successful landing on Fourth Lake, about 40 kilometres southwest of Nanaimo. Capt. Trevor Reid, spokesman for CFB Comox, said the pilot was equipped with the most up-todate emergency equipment, but had just seconds to make correct decisions for a successful landing. The pilot had also broadcast his emergency by radio when the engine failed, which was picked up by the crew of a commercial flight and passed along to the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Victoria. “He was able to quite skilfully land his aircraft on Fourth Lake and was able to get it to shore,” Reid said. “Once ashore he set off his 406 megahertz emergency beacon.” The joint rescue centre launched a CH-149 Cormorant helicopter and CC-115 Buffalo airplane from the 442 Search and Rescue Squadron based in Comox to the pilot’s location. See ‘PILOT’ /4
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With the dispute between the province and teachers ongoing, Nanaimo students took to the streets to voice their displeasure Wednesday. The B.C. Student Walkout for Students took place across the province and many Nanaimo students said they felt stuck between the teachers and the province in the ongoing labour dispute. Teachers ramped up job action in late May, staging one-day, rotating strikes throughout the province. In response, the B.C. School Employers’ Association locked out teachers, barring them from working 45 minutes prior to and after school, and during breaks. Emma Montrose, a Grade 10 student from Dover Bay Secondary, said she is
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