Pilot in float plane crash on Fairbank Lake in Greater Sudbury remains missing

A passenger rescued from a downed float plane in Greater Sudbury, Ont., on Wednesday said only two words, according to one of the men who rushed to help.

The man "looked really shocked" and "had a couple of cuts on his forehead and one on the side his face," said Kevin Fogal, who was with his father near Fairbank Lake, in the western part of Greater Sudbury,when the crash happened at about 8 p.m. ET.

"We heard the guy yelling," Fogaltold CBC News. "So, [my father]yelled at me, and we had hoppeddown into the boat and drove out there."

"As we got out, he was floating on the pontoon of the plane that was separated from the plane itself, and we pulled him into the boat."

The mansaid only, "My uncle my uncle."

Pilot still missing

Greater Sudbury Police said the32-year-old male passenger was taken to hospital with "minor injuries," butthe 60-year-old pilot hasnot been found.

Authorities have not released any information about the people on board, nor about their relationship to one another.

Search and rescue teams including a C-130Hercules and helicopter from CFB Trenton were sent to the scene Wednesday night.

An underwater recovery team has resumed the search.

Police saidthe plane is believed to be at the bottom of the lake in about 40 metres of water.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.