Plane wreckage found

WSDOT Aviation Emergency Services has launched a search for a plane due to Orcas Island Saturday which never arrived. The search area is in Whatcom County at this point.

July 15, 2015 12:35 pm
This photo shows wreckage believed to be of a Minnesota plane found in Whatcom County Wednesday morning. Search crews will need to reach the site to make official confirmation.
This photo shows wreckage believed to be of a Minnesota plane found in Whatcom County Wednesday morning. Search crews will need to reach the site to make official confirmation.

This is a second plane search, unconnected to one launched Sunday near Skagit County.

Wreckage believed to be of a Minnesota plane found in Whatcom County on Wednesday morning. Search crews will need to reach the site to make official confirmation.

Earlier this week WSDOT Aviation Emergency Services launched a search for a plane due to Orcas Island Saturday which never arrived.

The private plane’s two occupants were on vacation in the area from Minnesota and they did not arrive Saturday. We do not have an exact time it was due to Orcas Island on Saturday, just that it didn’t arrive.

Family did not notify officials of the overdue plane until Tuesday night.

More details will be announced as they become available.