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Oregon man and companion died in British Columbia plane crash
Friday June 20, 2003ANAHIM LAKE, British Columbia (AP) A float plane crashed near Nimpo Lake near this hamlet west of Williams Lake, leaving a university professor from Oregon and another man dead.
The plane appeared to experience trouble on a return flight Wednesday to the Wilderness Rim Resort, where Bob Baker and John Holmes had been staying in the sparsely populated West Chilcotin region, Bill Yearwood of the Transportation Safety Board said.
``On the return, the aircraft was observed on a steep bank and it impacted the ground around 100 feet from the lodge,'' Yearwood said.
The crash, which caused two fires that burned for almost three hours, was being investigated by Royal Canadian Mounted Police from Anahim Lake, the regional coroner's office and the safety board.
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