RCMP say four passengers dead in northern Manitoba plane crash

-CP-Two men and two women from a remote Manitoba First Nation died Saturday when the bush plane they were in crashed, leaving the pilot and sole survivor with serious injuries. RCMP say their detachment in Island lake, Man., got a report on Saturday evening that a plane had crashed approximately 40 kilometres south of St. Theresa Point First Nation, near its destination of Makepeace Lake. Sgt. Paul Manaigre said police were informed of the crash by an iPhone satellite emergency crash notification service, which he said was able to pinpoint the location for police. St. Theresa Point is a fly-in community, and police knew they’d need to reach the crash site by air. “With the co-ordinates in hand, the RCMP chartered a helicopter and were able to bring an officer…

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