Thread by @RCMPSK

1/9 Day 3 on scene at Peter Pond Lake - On Wednesday, January 30, 2019, the RCMP Underwater Recovery Teams from Saskatchewan and Manitoba, dove four times to the site of the Peter Pond Lake 1959 plane crash…

2/9 … to recover the human remains and personal belongings of Pilot Ray Gran and Saskatchewan Conservation Officer Harold Thompson. Two divers went into the water at a time.

3/9 One diver, stationed at the bottom, secured the movements of the umbilical cord of the other diver while he, or she, was searching the aircraft and its surroundings, going from one side of the aircraft to the other in a sort of pendulum movement.

4/9 The temperature of the water was 2 degrees Celsius. The visibility at times was close to zero. Diver Constable Peter Rhead stated, “At the bottom, you can’t see your hand. You have to use a light close to your chest to see what you picked up…

5/9 … I wish I had more time to see the whole plane, but it was important to gather what we could from the cockpit. I saw the colours and the markings on the plane; it’s obvious it is the right plane.”

6/9 Divers brought back to the surface some remains of the two occupants of the aircraft and personal meaningful items such as boots, a pendant, a camera, a knife and a wallet.

7/9 The remains and personal belongings have been given to the Saskatchewan Coroners Service who was present at the diving site. The remains and personal belongings will be released to the family of the
deceased after the Coroner’s investigation is complete.

8/9 As of today, Thursday, January 31, the dive site and equipment will be packed up as the recovery operation is now concluded.

9/9 The Saskatchewan RCMP hopes this recovery operation helps to provide some closure to the families of the deceased. ^mm