Pilot identified in Cat Lake plane crash

A 50 year old Dryden man has been identified as the pilot of a plane that crashed near the remote community of Cat Lake.

The crash took place last Friday and a post-mortem was conducted on Mike Pateman yesterday at Lake of the Woods District Hospital.

He was the pilot of a Lockhart Air Cessna 310 that went while en route from Sioux Lookout to Cat Lake.

His two passengers have been identified as 46 year old Ronald Oombash from Cat Lake and 29 year old Dean Meekis of the Deer Lake First Nation.

]The OPP say the investigation into the cause of the crash is continuing.