UPDATE: The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Victoria announced Thursday afternoon that it had made the difficult decision to suspend the search.
"Our thoughts are with the families and loved ones of the missing pilot and passenger during this extremely difficult time."
VICTORIA - Crews aboard two military aircraft, an RCMP helicopter and five civilian planes are keeping a close watch for an incoming storm over central British Columbia as the search for a small plane moves into a seventh day.
Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre spokeswoman Katelyn Moores says search efforts are concentrated along the Highway 5 corridor between Valemount and Kamloops, looking for any sign of the plane with its pilot and passenger.
They were reported overdue last Friday on a flight from Edmonton to Chilliwack.
Moores says weather has been good in the search area but that is expected to change to rain, with snow and ice forecast at higher elevations.
The search is focused around the community of Blue River, after cellular tower and radar data led them there soon after the plane disappeared, and Moores says some of that area in the higher elevations is due to be hit by snow.
The missing plane is a white RV6, a home-built, low-wing, single-engine aircraft that can carry no more than two people.
