UPDATE: Coroners release name of Monday’s deceased pilot

The BC Coroners Service has released the name of the man who died in a plane crash Monday.

The pilot was 42-year-old Leonard Michael Banga, of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Banga was flying a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver airplane, which took off from Vanderhoof airport at about 9 AM. It crashed about 25 minutes later in a wooded area about 20 km east of Laidman Lake.

All four passengers survived and were taken to the hospital.

The BC Coroners Service, Transportation Safety Board, and RCMP continue to investigate this death.