Air transportation

The occurrence

On Friday, 24 August 2012, a Cessna 172 (C-FNET) was performing a return flight from Waterloo to Niagara Falls, Ontario, following visual flight rules. When the aircraft failed to return, a seach was initiated. There were several reports of an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) signal being emitted, and the aircraft was found in a corn field near Sideroad 3 in Moorefield, Ontario. The four occupants of the aircraft were fatally injured.